Comments on: On the Ropes http://thetravelersnotebook.com/notes-from-road/on-the-ropes/ Featuring insider destination guides and how-to articles from the matador travel community. Our focus is sustainable travel, cultural immersion, plus work, study, and volunteer opportunities worldwide. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:59:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ernesto http://thetravelersnotebook.com/notes-from-road/on-the-ropes/comment-page-1/#comment-6877 Ernesto Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:58:19 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=279#comment-6877 You've hit the head on the nail: this is my biggest issue with Carnaval in Salvador. Some foreign tourists recently asked me how they could "buy the shirts to be inside the ropes" here in Olinda, and I remember this piece. I had to explain that Olinda's Carnaval is still democratic. I'm thankful for that. You’ve hit the head on the nail: this is my biggest issue with Carnaval in Salvador.

Some foreign tourists recently asked me how they could “buy the shirts to be inside the ropes” here in Olinda, and I remember this piece. I had to explain that Olinda’s Carnaval is still democratic. I’m thankful for that.

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