Finally, the promised Carnaval pictures! These are all from the Sambadrome (sambódromo), where a couple nights a year Rio's favela communities come out to play in all of their finest, sparkliest regalia! It was a fabulous time and an incredible show that starts at 9 pm and keeps right on going until 5 or 6 am the next morning. We headed out around 3 because we were exhausted, though, but not before we snapped these! (Click here to see a selection of the press photos.)
But as I discovered this morning, I brought something even more fun (can you imagine!) from Rio: dengue fever! (If you didn't catch the sarcasm, well, that was sarcasm.) I've already taken most of the week off for exhaustion and weirdly intense body pain and fever, but then yesterday evening I was struck with the worst headache I've ever had and when, after a night of fitful sleep, I woke up and it was still there, I headed to the hospital. And geez are private hospitals expensive when you don't have health insurance, eh?
No worries, though! There are two types of dengue, and I have the non-hemorrhagic kind (woot woot)! Which means that I'll just be feeling like total crap for another week or so, and then very possibly just deep-bone exhausted for the couple of weeks following. On the bright side, though, it probably won't kill me, and I luckily didn't get that unsightly measles-like rash that is one of the more common symptoms. I can also check "get infected with an exotic tropical disease" off my life list!
P.S. For an upcoming post you can look forward to some more up-close-and-personal pictures with the ladies in the giant feather costumes! (They are just SO COOL!) Yay!
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Oh, no .. sorry to hear that you're sick! I do love the photo's though .. sorta puts the Super Bowl half time show to shame .. lol.
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wow amazing pictures.
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The photos look absolutely amazing! Looks so exciting. :)
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Awesome pictures I hope you feel better it looks like there were more ups than downs :) Following you!
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Sorry about your headache. Wow, I have never seen anything so incredibly lavish in my life. I would LOVE to be there in person!!
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OH GOD!!! I'd love to bee in Rio for the carnival!
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Amazing pictures!! thanks for stopping by my blog!now follow you !!
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Ohhh i was also in Rio for Carnaval ! Not for Sambódromo but to ssee the Blocos! Did you go to some of them ? Had a good time? I also live in São Paulo and i love your blog! Hope you're feeling better from Dengue fever! Lots of love xxx Gabi.
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Não acredito que vc pegou dengue!!! Espero que melhore logo....
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Passando para desejar um ótimo dia!
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Glad I found your blog,honey,you're really fun!
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Oh wow this looks amazing!
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This looks like a lot of fun! I would love to go to one.
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More amazing pictures! What camera do you use? Looks like such fun!
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Wowzers! This makes Vegas pale in comparison!! Loving all those feathers and glitter!
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Rio is the city of my dream! Hopefully I'll be able to go there next year.
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