If you are interested, you can read a segment of it here at O Americano, Outra Vez!...I have always found him extremely interesting and entertaining, probably because I am more reserved than him by nature, and I have always found him to be entertainingly unreserved.
I know he is a bit of a Lefty in some ways, but I think he is more of a Libertarian in many respects, and very conservative in others. He was quite a complex and entertaining man!
Looking at the excerpt from his book I linked to, the first line says "...One time I picked up a hitchhiker who told me how interesting South America was, and that I ought to go there. I complained that the language is different, but he said just go ahead and learn it - it's no big problem. So I thought, that's a good idea: I'll go to South America..."
When you read his book and learn more about him...that is the way he did things! Oh, South America? I guess I'll go...!
I personally am not interested in the Carnival type of thing, since it seems to be a homosexual thing, but I don't care what people do as long as I am not obligated to sign on to it or pay homage to it.