BRASIL: One Travel Writer's Impressions Of Carnaval.

GLOBALPOST/ Seth Kugel / OPINION/    "I’d never been so repeatedly overwhelmed by the stench of urine. And I’d certainly never seen anyone shot dead at point-blank range. That all changed when last month, despite all my instincts as a part-time travel writer, I spent Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro."
Kugel summarizes his report with ..."And I’ve got to say: cursing, retching and watching people die notwithstanding, you should definitely check it out. It was a five-day mix of what Brazilians might describe as bombacao (partying madness) and bagunca (a chaotic mess). But the bombacao beat out the bagunca by a hair."