New Orleans bills its Mardi Gras as the Greatest Free Show on Earth. As the first parades get set to march through the streets of the Big Easy this weekend, is it too late to make travel plans for this year's edition?
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro Gears Up for Carnival
Small towns and big cities across Brazil celebrate Carnival (5 - 9 February 2016) with wild abandon, and nobody does it better than a Cidade Maravilhosa, or the Marvellous City, as Cariocas like to think of Rio de Janeiro.