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Warm welcome: Samba dancers greet a tourist and his son as they arrive at the Rio de Janeiro Galeao airport yesterday. The samba reception is part of a city campaign against a federal judge ruling that all US citizens be fingerprinted and photographed at the country's entry points. Picture: AP

To paraphrase Mick Jagger "look at that STOOOOPID pilot". Bet he doesn't go around pulling this crap again. Heh, important lesson for him; being an American does not give you immunity from authorities in countries.

So Brazil in true has snakes and indians on the streets... do they dress like that all around? or they already heard about jeans, shoes, clothes in general? Here in US that kind of clothing means something else. What they want? mirrors and necklaces? What century are they?

Mr. Captain, you made a joke, got a bad reputation, but at least we now know what to expect from a country where just one judge can create a new law like that from night to day. Was the brazilian congress involved in approving such law? What kind of government they have there? They have a congress, right? I remember they said it is a democracy but also they are Castro's friends, go figure.
I was thinking about brazilian carnival, already put the idea aside. Aruba here I go.