2010 Carnaval in Salvador!

Tutata Tututarara... Chiclete com Banana
Eu sou lobo mal, au au, Vou te comer, vou te comer!
Rebolation tion tion, rebolation

The stereotype for carnival is something you see on the TV which happened in Rio de Janeiro, people wear exaggerate costume and dance in samba. Yes, it's the one in RJ, however, in Salvador everything is totally different!!!! The above are some POPULAR songs during the carnaval in Salvador!!! And we call it Axé, you don't need to know how to dance perfectly as long as you know how to JUMP. Yes, just jump with the melody is enough :)

Pre-carnival officially started from 11th Feb, but we can say they started just right after new year!! So, for the whole carnival, it's 11th-16th Feb, during the whole period, you will have a crazy, exciting and unpredictable experience there. WHY?

1. Go out in the night and back to home in the early morning: Actually it's all day long program. Can you imagine those famous singers and bands non-stop singing for 6 hours at least?? All for free, that's why you dont wanna miss the chance to see them in front of you!! (白話點就是免費看蔡依林和周杰倫在電子花車上唱5個小時 誰不會想從晚上站到白天?)

2. Watch out the crazy people, polices and yourself: It's too crowd there if you just stand next by and dont wanna pay and stand in a safe place to watch. It's tooooooo expensive to pay for Camarote (safer place with drinks and food), like USD$200 per night, me and my friends chose just stayed outside and jump with those locals. The first day, my local friend just warned: dont stay in front of the polices since you will hurt when they move. Yes!! since people are too crazy and drunk, they will need those polices to maintain the manners, also, the polices are 5 in a group. Damn, i saw them hit people, i believe i dont wanna try. Also, some thieves they will try to steal when everything is a mess. watch out and just put your money inside the BRA! and only bring the necessary amount out.

3. Carnival effect--Kisses wherever: I have no idea why it's necessary to kiss whoever u meet in carnival, at least, for me it's meaningless. Once I passed by people, they will call "Japa Japa" or said "A li ga do u"(Thanks in Japanese) "sa yo ra na" (Goodbye in Janpanese). I just thought it's funny and stupid, my friends told me "So, Wei, you should try to kiss those who can recognize you as Taiwanese or Chinese at least", hahah. What a joke!

But there is a funny group for guys called "Filhos de Gandy" (sons of Gandhi). Every guy will have the same dress and with lots of necklaces, for those necklaces are for them to put on girls after they kiss....so, you will see how the guys try to put and how many will girls gain those necklaces :)))

(In the picture, they are waiting for the girls pass by and kiss....sooo funny!!)

For me, it was such a great experience to travel to Salvador and especially for carnival! Although u may gain weight since drink beers for 6 nights...but it still worth to see one of the biggest carnival in the world, to experience the crazyness of Brazil!!! I LOVE BRAZIL :)))

所以?

上禮拜你打開視訊 問我還記不記得你
是不是帥了點 可愛了點 鬍子多了點?
你說你也想看看我 沒視訊的我 只好傳了相簿網址讓你解相思
每次稱讚都讓人飄飄然的你果不期然也再次使出相同招數
你說 這樣的下午喜歡有我的陪伴

想我 也說明了你沒辦法來看我
我懂 因為我有一樣的朋友 創業初期的困難
謝謝你老實告訴我
想念我 你說 希望我再去 因為等我們見面時 我們倆會過的很開心

討論結束
80%的決心要再去見你一面
剩下的20%是漂泊不定的因子作祟
沒有把握想見你的心情能持續到在見面前的那一刻

嘉年華的瘋狂讓我暫時忘了一切紛擾
但瘋狂過後帶來的是不解
究竟 每天對著電腦喜怒哀樂的我 是為了什麼?
還有八十多個日子
能否維持一樣的心
我懷疑我自己

Argentina trip 2: Bariloche

After the modern city, it's time to travel to the south! the first stop we are going to visit is Bariloche! It's a city with beautiful European architectures and chocolate :) Here, you can enjoy chocolate in different flavors, being hot chocolate, milk shake, with cakes! I think I probably gained some weights there!

Well, from BsAs to Bariloche, we took a nonstop bus for 20 hours! However, it was not a tough trip,  we were served as princesses in the bus, we got 4 meals, wine, champaign, and a cute waiter. When we arrived, it was very cold like you need to put more jackets on and you can see lots of tourists here as well.

Another thing makes me feel amazing is you see the sunset only till 10pm!! Oh my god, it's my first time to feel that....even in Brasil, the sky starts to be dark around 7 or 8pm is enough, don't mention till 10pm! How people can sleep under such situation?

So....what's the attractive point of Bariloche? The national park, Nahuel Huapi, is one of the best view I have ever known in Bariloche. Here, you can book a trip from hostel and they will gather people from different hostels, at this moment, you will meet people from different countries, u can listen their travel stories, share feelings and imagine your next steps.

One more thing that we were there for our Christmas night, for me, the Christmas' eve doesn't have so many meanings since i'm not catholic or christian. But you can see everyone is busy for missal or even in the night, need to dress well to have a good dinner with those you are with. Or at least, a party is necessary, haha. However, the next day we are going to our next stop: Chalten via Route 40 in the early morning, for us, not a big deal!!!