Carnival in Salvador, we bought tickets to join the blocos "Balada". Basically what happens when you buy a ticket is you get a special shirt called a ...
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Carnival in Salvador, we bought tickets to join the blocos "Balada". Basically what happens when you buy a ticket is you get a special shirt called a camarote which is your actual ticket, this shirt allows you to get inside the rope surrounding the band which is on top of a truck with huge speakers. Inside the rope is a bunch of other people who bought the camarote and just follow along with the band and dance for hours until the end of the parade. It was quite a fun experience as you are actually a part of the parade. On the outside of the ropes are a lot of people who didn't buy the camarote...
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Almost 8 years ago, while I was on a trip to Brazil with my wife, I got a call from my friend Eric. "Are you in Rio?" He asked. “I will be in 2 days” ...
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Almost 8 years ago, while I was on a trip to Brazil with my wife, I got a call from my friend Eric. "Are you in Rio?" He asked. “I will be in 2 days” I replied. “I need a helicopter shot of Christ the Redeemer for 'Alias'”. I, of course, jumped on the case and took my first helicopter ride with my little digital camera. During the shoot, I really got how great Rio was as a backdrop for a movie. Along with my experience in Salvador, Bahia... I knew I would be back. I’m prepping and planning for a feature that we’re hoping to shoot in Brazil in 2012. It seems like a long way away but in producti...
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Flew out of Memphis, Tenn. into Chicago and then to Sao Paulo. The trip was a bit long but worth it. I went with some of the students from my ...
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Flew out of Memphis, Tenn. into Chicago and then to Sao Paulo. The trip was a bit long but worth it. I went with some of the students from my university so we scheduled the trip through the university travel agency planning system, unfortunately, that was a bad idea considering that when we landed in Sao Paulo we had to go across the city to the other airport to catch the plane towards Salvador. We missed that plane because we didn't know. We paid $40 to get on another plane to Salvador which headed out in 3 hours. It was cool since we waited a little bit at the airport and the group went to e...
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