there are plenty of taxis in rio, however on carnival night it can be extremely difficult to get a taxi without having to wait for a long time.
this is particularly true in ipanema on or around the times of major blocos parading, such as the banda de ipanema or afroreggae .
in the center, the cordăo da bola preta practically shuts down the entire traffic.
furthermore, there could be closed roads, and major traffic congestion around these events.
during carnaval, until noon on ash wednesday, taxis charge according to 'flag 2', meaning taxi charge the higher rate normally applicable to night rides, sunday, official holidays, and the entire month of december.
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