The Best Bar in The World

Believe it or not! The best bar in the world.

People come early to get a number. It opens at noon.

While you wait on the sidewalk, beer, wine and fried shrimps are served.

Do we look hungry!!

We got in first today.

Open air restaurant

Rustic deco

Their specialty - Bacalhau P.Q.P.

Every body likes fried food - shrimp, lula, fish, pastel, bacalhau.

Baby shrimp baked in mandioca

Big Foot!

The hulk

!!!!!!!!!!!

Cai Guo-Qiang 蔡國強 Artista

Cai Guo-Qiang
Guo-Qiang in October 2010
Born	December 8, 1957 (age 55) Quanzhou, Fujian, PR China
Nationality	Chinese
Training	Shanghai Theatre Academy
Movement	Contemporary art
Awards	Golden Lion, 48th Vienna Biennale 1999 CalArts/Alpert Award in the Arts 2001

Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, who works primarily in gunpowder, is highlighted in a Brazilian magazine.


ARTIST'S BIO
http://www.caiguoqiang.com/artists-bio

Video
http://www.caiguoqiang.com/artists-bio

Brazil & Hong Kong

I spot this article in Veja Sao Paulo magazine. It tells mall rental per square meter.
At R$761, the most expensive in Latin America is Shopping Iquatemi in Brazil.
But it is a far cry from rental in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong at R$4,761, the most expensive in the world.

(US$1 = R$2)

2013 Rio Samba Parade Final Results

 

2013 Rio Samba Parade Final Results

http://www.rio-carnival.net/samba_parade/samba_parade_results.php

Winner Vila Isabel

  

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwtOfPYbPxk

I was mistaken. Carnaval is not a national holiday. Many businesses and malls are opened. 

2013 Brazil Carnaval Update

 

 
Carnaval Street Parties
http://www.youtube.com/user/carnaval/featured?v=MEyVTNwHlfY

 

This is why we don~t attend carnavals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgc3V600XH0

Brazil Carnival You Tube

http://www.youtube.com/user/BrazilCarnivalCOMBR/videosBrazil Carnival You Tube

2012 Brazil Carnival - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

      

Brazil Carnival - Salgueiro Samba School - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

         

The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is a world famous festival held before Lent every year and considered the biggest carnival in the World with two million people per day on the streets. The first festivals of Rio date back to 1723.

          

Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MG8T48P6Aw

Warming up to 2013 Brasil Carnaval (aka "The World's Biggest Party"!)

Carnival Brazil Preparations: A Sneak Peek Into Rio De Janeiro's 2013 Carnaval

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/06/carnival-brazil-preparations_n_2618616.html?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=World

Carnaval (as it's spelled in Portuguese) 2013 starts Thursday, February 7th, and it runs through Tuesday, February 12th -- officially. Unofficially (and actually) it runs to the morning of Ash Wednesday, February 13th.

Every city in Brasil has its own Carnaval. The most famous ones are Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Salvador. 

       

Watch the parade of Rosas de Ouro, São Paulo, SP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FgX3LicB3LA#!

Carnival in Rio encompasses 700 meters of street (Rua Marquês de Sapucaí), with grandstands. Now that's like seven football stadiums in a row, and that's pretty big!

Carnival in Bahia encompasses kilometer after kilometer of streets filled to the brim, practically bursting with people, not to mention block after block lined with camarotes (stands).

MISS THIS FABULOUS MUSIC CLIP AT PERIL TO YOUR BRAZILIAN SOUL!!!

    Brasil Pandeiro

http://vimeo.com/29546222