I have never seen so many glittering, bikini clad gyrating bodies all in one place. This, my friends, is Carnival – a two day Rio-esque street party that brings out the costumes and crazies from all corners of the island (and the world.)
The madness started in the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning with J’Ouvert (a sunrise party) when the Jab Jabs (tourists/SGU Students/Locals) crawled into the streets. Masses of people (mostly drunk) danced around downtown St. George’s while splashing paint on each other. Pulsing Soca music blared from semi trucks rigged from stem to stern with speakers, amps and sub woofers.
While it sounded like a crazy time, David and I opted to stay away from the party that morning. However, if you want to see what it might have looked like, click here.
Monday afternoon, these guys danced their way down our street and up our driveway.
While a little drunk and bleary eyed from the night before, they were perfectly harmless and were just out begging for money.
The fun continued Monday night with that same semi truck full of speakers bouncing down the road – this time with two more semi trucks and a gaggle of glow stick wielding partiers following behind.
Come Tuesday you would think things would wind down a little bit – but no. The costumes came out and the music marched on as glittered and feathered girls jiggled down the streets of downtown.
These are some of the tamer photos from the event. The bouncing bright bikinis went on for miles that evening as the party danced to a close. A lot of people are very hung over today.
Happy Carnival! This sure was a Grenada experience for the history books!
