while boston was getting 2 feet of snow... this is what i was doing in brazil

the start of one of the blocos on ihlabela island for carnaval

there were a whole bunch of these beauty pageant winner people

yay for trumpt players

one of my favorite parts... the men dressed as women.  loved this.  they were a riot.

beautiful beach on ihlabela island

reason number 1 of why i should feel better about my body

another night of parades

who needs to go to rio to see christ the redeemer

dragon!!

one of the best batarias (drum lines) we saw during carnaval

reason number two i should feel better about my body

not sure where this was, but i thought it was pretty

the pretty beach on the other side of the island

my feet after doing the climb to the waterfall.... what a mess.

the beautiful waterfall... it was worth the walk up in my barefeet

reason number 3... (am i jerk for posting these?  yes, i am)