Grand Anse
Grenada
January 17, 2018
One of the best features of Grenada is that people love to chat and joke, even if the chatter is self-deprecating. Quite different from my experience in Asia where amusing insult, irony and sarcasm are unknown. Here I can have a good laugh with everyone I meet.
(The local brew and funny cigarettes surely contribute to the easy chatter.)
Grand Anse
Grenada
Windward Islands
West Indies
January 15, 2018
Greetings,
On this perennially warm, hilly, flora drenched island, dotted with lakes and surrounded by lovely beaches, where relaxation is the national pastime, can anyone please explain why everyone drives so fast?
Furiously fast? Surprising and frightening.
Carnival
St. James District
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago (pop 1.4 million)
West Indies
February 13, 2018
Tuesday - Mardi Gras
My guest house called Heart of Carnival is a taxi ride to most of the important Carnival events. (Unless you count hanging out with the party-goers at the local restaurants and pubs.)
Today, Heart of Carnival is the appropriate name. Hundreds of marchers and the fleet of trucks with their cargo of enormous sound equipment pass just up the street in this otherwise quiet residential neighborhood.
Barrel-chested men and bikini-clad, feather-festooned, half naked women strut their stuff as they keep pace with the beat of the ever-present piercing music.
Queen’s Park Savannah
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Monday
February 12, 2018
The Children’s Carnival parades lasted two days.
Now it’s the time for the Big Kids to show their stuff.
Large groups of masqueraders dance and prance across the stage of the Savannah stadium.
Individuals strut about in outrageous and gigantic costumes.
To take a break from the festivities I wandered around town to visit the Magnificent Seven and other lovely homes and mansions.
"The morning after the night before" I shared a beer with a few of the very smashed celebrants at the local pub..
Queens Park Savanna
260 acres (110 ha) of level land. The distance around the perimeter is 2.2 mi (3.5 km).
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
February 10, 2018
Day 2 of the Junior Carnival:
Teenagers and Toddlers wait patiently in the tropical sun.
Group leaders adjust costumes and makeup.
Kids march and dance.
Big kids in Big costumes.
Little kids in Little costumes.
Tiny tots in diapers.
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Friday
February 9, 2018
Good Day,
When I decided to attend the annual Carnival Celebration in Trinidad, I expected to mix in with the local population as they enjoyed their adult beverages and other local substances while they paraded and danced through the streets of this capital city.
The Children’s Parades were totally unexpected.
