“On Saturday morning, it was hot, it wasn’t raining, so we spent the day on the beach. We had planned to go to a party in [the nearby beach town of] Maresias that night, so we had a nap before going out. By the time we woke up, around 8 pm, the heavy rain had already started.”
During Brazil’s Carnival holidays, the country’s coastline is always teeming with tourists, with groups of friends or family seeking to avoid the chaos of Carnival in big cities, or just enjoy some well-earned days resting on the beach.
Matheus, a 25-year-old civil engineer…