"Best R$3,428 I Ever Spent!" Carnival, Rio de Janeiro Style

While all major Brazilian cities have their own Sambadrome and their own distinct Carnival traditions, with various parades, musical styles and competitions, the Rio Carnival is probably the largest and most well-known, drawing tourists from all over the world and standing alone in terms of scale and spectacle. For those of you still not convinced (for some reason), that means that they're unrivaled in terms of mass drunkenness and public nudity.