Carnaval is on! Brazil’s biggest party is on! Carnaval (or Carnival in English) in Brazil started yesterday, but in some states (specialy up North) it’s been going on already for a few days. Did you know that the official holiday is only 1 day? Yes, it is on Tuesdays. But brazilians start the celebrations on […]
Tourists in Rio de Janeiro It was a great Carnival for the tourism industry indeed. We have received almost 1 million tourists in the Wonderful City, how Rio de Janeiro is called. The exact number provided by the secretary of tourism was 977 thousands tourist. It has generated a income of US$ 782 million to […]
Rio Carnival parade is over We had the second and last day of the Rio Carnival parade yesterday. It was again a great show that the samba schools organized. The O Globo journal is an extra official way of voting and it has selected Imperatriz Leopoldinense as the best samba school among all. We still […]
1 million tourists in Rio de Janeiro Carnival We are set to have a new record in Rio: 1 million tourists are expecting to visit the city during this year´s Carnival! In 2014 we had 918 thousand people. Since yesterday 50 thousand people passed by Pier Mauá, where the cruise ship are located. They come […]
Rain in Rio Carnival! It was a pity for many of the participants during the first day of Carnival in Rio yesterday. We have been waiting for this rain for at least a month and finally we´ve got it. And lot´s of it! The rain starts during the opening of the Sambas Schools parade at […]