Everyone knows how much I love to go out to a good gay bar.
The music is pumping, the crowd is gorgeous and friendly. If you're lucky a hot man will tell you you're beautiful....but they won't try to kiss you....
Clearly there is something seriously camp about Rio's Carnaval and, if you're gay in Rio, or even if you're not, the ultimate place to be on the last night of celebrations is the Scala Gay Ball....
So as soon as I heard that tickets were available i scooped one up and immediately started worrying about what to wear.
Luckily for me Rio at Carnaval time caters for all sorts of dress up opportunities and I shouted myself to a little fairy outfit that I thought was pretty and appropriate. My little group of straight and gay friends wore a combination of feathers and glitter and studded leather and off we went to the nightclub near Lapa where the event was to be held.
The event is televised nationally and entry is via red carpet where, if you're lucky (or not depending on which way you look at it) you might be approached by the crew to be on camera. No thanks. We were content to stand and watch for a while as the outrageous and the beautiful posed and pranced.
The drag queens were everything from the old and tragic to the beautiful and, while i was expecting completely outrageous costumes, most were more on the conservative side with only the odd outfit deserving of a second glance.
Everything from pirates to sailors to avatars were represtented and everyone was happy and smiling, dancing to the house music and samba-ing to the samba band who hit the stage occasionally.
A very gay occasion to round off Carnaval...
After being out all night, only getting home at 6am I am planning to spend my last full day in Rio on Ipanema beach....the only part of town I am yet to explore. I will meet friends there before jumping on a sunset cruise of the harbour...taking in everything Rio has to offer one last time before saying goodbye tomorrow and heading across to Peru....
Till next time....
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