Carnival Brazil, who's ever been?
 

I'm thinking of going. Who's ever been or lives there? I'm looking to go for the Feb 2005 Carnival. :thumbsup. Any tips are appreciated.

Wear condoms. Hell, wear two condoms.

I'm not a man but thanks for the "heads" up ROFL

i wanna go too, but i can't wait that long... reservations for august have already been enacted..


hey kat, hit me on my icq when ya get a chance will ya

I'll be in Hawaii in August, mom lives there and for my birthday.

I'll hit you up now.

Never Been but I hear its something you need to experience. TRy to go to some small cities south of Rio. Lots of FUn

Cool advice. I'm excited. I usually travel alone don't know if I will this time around for Brazil.

I've never been to the Carnival and I'm brazilian :(

I've never been in Brazil but I plan to do it in the next year

We have parties like the carnival (with normal clothes, not costumes) all around Brazil, not just in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. And they aren't in February/March.

One of the biggest is in Fortaleza and it'll be on the last days of July and first days of August.

I've never been there yet, but planning to visit my best friend from Brazil next February and in the same time to go to brazilian carneval.....:thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

Noice! But July and August aren't good for me. And I want to get a travel package where I'm part of the parade. I'm looking into that currently. I think being part of the carnival would be kickass and fullfill a little dream of mine.

Hit me up on icq I want to know what travel agency you guys are going through.

Thanks

I haven't been to Brazil yet. I might go to the Carnival in a year or two. It's definitely something I would like to do

Wiggity Wow, that's a party and then some!

Here's a link to the biggest brazilian travel agency:
http://www.cvcusa.net

They might have some packages for the Carnival

Thank you Jer!:thumbsup

And it happens on the Beach Ave, 500 meters (1/3 of a mile) away from my apartment... but I'll be in São Paulo.

I've never seen it.

If you get to be part of the parade, you will definitely going to enjoy one of the best times of your life!

Choose a big school of samba to go with in the parade though. If you get one with lots of fans the experience is even better because all the people watching will be singing along, dancing and it will be some emotion! You probably can choose the school. Try "Beija Flor", "Mangueira" or "Imperatriz Leopoldinense". Those are very popular schools of samba.

kisses,

Milena

"Salgueiro" too. But the most popular is "Mangueira".

Thank you Milena. How far in advance would I have to sign up to a school to be part of the parade?

It won't work. We have a kind of HIV here that's powerfull :(

Honestly, I don't know, lol. But I guess the quicker the better. Specially because you get better deals on the package if you order in advance. :glugglug

kisses,

Milena

GOD IS AN BRAZILIAN

Just for the Record :glugglug

Indeed.

:glugglug

I called a few travel agencies and they seemed shocked that I was going alone. LOL. They said "do you have friends you can stay with? It's not safe." I'm pretty street smart but maybe their right.

Hey, I was just posting about this yesterday in the other Brazil thread!

No, I haven't been but that is the one place/time I want to go, more than anywhere else. I've traveled to Europe, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, but I've never made it down into SA. I'd settle for going anytime if that was my only option, but I *really* want to go during Carnival. :)

The best tip is to act like a local, don't go out looking like you have you pockets full of greens.

Other than that, bring a good English/Portuguese dictionary and have fun!

If you could team up with a Brazilian your vacation would be way better, cause you don't want to waste your time in some boring tourist cruise, a local could show you the right spot to have fun.

Last Carnaval we received guests from Holland, Turkey and Germany, we had a blast. Maybe next year we'll head up to northeast, like Jer said... Fortaleza or some other HOT city up there!

:thumbsup

Great advice. I think I'd fit right in, I'm a light skinned black girl with a juicy booty. I need to find a brazilian that would kindly take me in. Good advice though man.:thumbsup

They make it sounds like you wanna go to Iraq or something.

I know I was cracking up, I tried not to bust out laughing but damn I couldn't help myself. ROFL

does this mean no florida convention for you in august?

Unfortunately won't be there. Hit me up on ICQ. If you still want the room I can get it changed to have it in your name. My icq # changed it's below, please add me so I can send you the specifics.

rio is great, but a very dangerous city for gringo tourists.

do not carry anything of value, or wear anything around your neck, do not carry any expensive camera, and carry minimal cash, and no wallet.

have seen many people ripped off in broad daylight by favella kids.

Yes, do what he said anywhere in Brazil... not just Rio.

I want to go there too:glugglug

Ive been there two years ago, had an awesome time. I hope to go next year, but beware of the trannies