Hachikuji Mayoi

From anime show Bakemonogatari, (化物語), one of my favorite (support) characters is Hachikuji Mayoi. She always carries a big pink backpack, wears a hairband, and sports ponytails.

Funny fact: She always misspells Araragi's name.

Im curious of what ítems does she carry in her backpack all the time. I think they say it in the manga or in the second season of the show but I dont know.

Source of the images: yande.re (old oreno.imouto.org)

Rio Food

During my stay in Rio I ate a lot of different food. Ahead pictures of the meals and drinks I had.

Something interesting I noticed is that food is served (and charged) by Kilo. I mean by weight. Depending of how much food do you serve in your dish thats the amount of cash you will need to pay for.

In Rio there is Bob´s Burgers. A very popular rapid food chain.

Sushi in my lunch.

A very refreshing drink over here is Guaraná water. Guaraná is the fruit of a maple family plant. The most popular drink is Coca Cola, followed by Guaraná drinks.

Mcdees Time!!

KFC is not far behind. I had the chance to taste KFC served with beans. Not even over here is served like that. Does the same happens with you?

The above picture is a "Dobradinha con Feijao Branco". Basically is chicken and pork meat with white beans.

Usually my dishes cost about 15 - 25 Reals (about US$7 - US$15) plus drinks.

Peach Ice Tea.

Do you feel hungry now?

Carnaval Rio Pt. 2

Second post of pictures of Rio Carnival. This time featuring Mangueira and Tijuca Samba Schools. Beware, some of the images are NSFW.

More pictures in my Flickr collection (II part). Are you a Google+ user? then click here.

Party on!!

She is pure devil...

...and she is an angel from heaven. :)

If you are planning to go to Rio next time, it would be wiser to learn to dance Samba. :)

Rio Carnival 2012 - Part 1

Second day in my Rio trip was Sambodrome day. I went to see the Carnival Samba schools parade and here are some of the best pictures of the night (Part 1).

This girl was an Alice very energetic.

Some parade floats were allusive to the Dragon Chinese New Year.

Look at that woman!

Nice fantasy carnival dress.

More pictures are available at my Flickr Rio Carnival Set and in my Google+ Album.

A week in Rio - Day 1

Last week I went to Rio de Janeiro for carnival holiday vacations. I was very excited for the trip. Also Haruhi, Lynette and Kagami who joined me in my adventure.

My arrival at the airport for my connection flight.

Yeay, Gate 25 with final destination Rio de Janeiro.

Total flight time from Guatemala to Rio was 10 hours.

Airline food during flight was good but dont you think they always serve too few snacks and drinks?

Customs area in International Airport of Rio. The original name for the airport is Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport but it is popularly known by its original name Galeão International Airport.

Since I arrived at 2:00 am I had to make some time in the airport until 6:00am to get a taxi transfer to my hostel.

I thought I was the only one who would need to wait but there were others who decided to take a nap in the airport although it is forbidden but a very usual thing for early flights.

Once in Rio, the first thing I did after checkin in the hostel was to go to a "Bloco", a street carnival, in Ipanema beach.

As you can see, there was a lot of people. It was hard for me to walk around with my dSLR and take pictures.

Locals are called "Cariocas" and are very festive and friendly people. Also the girls are very beautiful, dont you think?

If you are in a hurry and need condoms these two guys will help you.

Want to see more pictures? there are more at my flickr set.