Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

While the Carnival parade takes place in the Sambodromo, there are many parts to each samba school’s entry: six to eight floats and up to four thousand revellers per school. The girls on the floats are always selected to focus attention of the audience. February 2006. Durant le défilé du Carnaval au Sambodromo, il y…

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

You often read that one or two million of people from Rio go down to the beach on week-ends. This seems hard to believe. But once you reach the beach in Ipanema and see the mix of wealthy Cariocas and inhabitants of the favelas, you realize the figures could be true. February 2006. On lit…