Today is Wednesday.
Carnaval can be distracting
I remembered when I was washing the dishes. I have been disorientated since last Thursday because of carnaval here in Rio. Carnaval does that to some.
I opened Reduce Footprints… A regular Wednesday thing.
Whaaaaaaaaaaa! No CTWW!
*checks calendar*
*runs cursor over pc clock*
Both confirm that it is indeed Wednesday…
*reloads Reduce Footprints* Obviously there is something amiss…
Still no CTWW.
*Stares at screen blankly*
…………. *blinks*
I know, not enough coffee, I’ll go and make some and the world will have returned to normal.
You browse around here, while I make the coffee.
The above images are all taken in the new renovated Sambódromo this year.
Below is the other side of carnaval.
Disaster Area - all that remains after the blocos (street parades)
But the garis are quick on the job to clear hundreds of kilos of rubbish
Carnaval is a colourful time in Rio de Janeiro, but it does generated tons of rubbish. It doesn’t hang around long, the garis (council road sweepers) are quick on the job to return the route back to normal. This year, for the first time, efforts were made by cooperatives of catadores to separate the rubbish into recyclables.
The blocos are the street parades, to give you an idea of their size, Cordão de Bola Preta in Cinelândia and downtown Rio attracted a record crowd of 2,2 million followers. That’s one big party and a hell of a lot of rubbish.
Eco-Crap 
Posted by smallftprints on February 22, 2012 at 12:09 pm
Oh No … I’m so sorry to disrupt your morning! 🙂 We’re starting daily challenges today and they don’t arrive in my mailbox as quickly as I’d like. So, between now and Easter, we’ll be doing daily challenges but they’ll be posted later than usual … probably around 9:00 am EST. Hopefully the rest of your day will be better!
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on February 22, 2012 at 12:27 pm
@SF, threw me right out of kilter. Then I remembered that you were doing a special thing this month. I’ll be more patient next week. But look at it this way, two posts on the same day. I am in the throes of doing CTWW now.
AV
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