Enjoying Carnaval in Rio
de Janeiro
People come from all corners of the world to celebrate
Carnaval in Brazil ,
and I wasn’t about to miss the party in my own back yard!
Far from
the lavish parades in downtown Rio ’s
Sambadrome stadium, you’ll find traditional Carnaval celebrations stopping
traffic and taking over the streets of Copacabana. Revelers follow bands through
the neighborhood like rats behind the Pied Piper, and folks of all ages don
costumes and stroll along Avenida Atlantica (the beachfront avenue is closed to
vehicular traffic for four days during Carnaval).
My aide
Ricardo and I pulled on some Mossy Oak Breakup and Realtree APG, and took CamoTherapy
to street level. Since there’s no hunting culture here in Brazil ,
everyone assumed we were guerrillas. One guy called me “Private Brian.”
Ligia likes to push me around.
We met a cute little Tinkerbell…
…and a not so cute, much larger Tinkerbell.
