Carnaval 2011 Part 1

When Sherpa Bob arrived we were deeply entrenched in our Carnaval bah-humbug mode. We were pretty much whining at full tilt about the noise, the congestion, the rowdiness, the childishness of the whole thing. Bob, we're sure, was quietly wondering why in the heck he had decided that he wanted to spend a week with us. One of the things we really like about Bob is that he doesn't just say "get over it!" in situations like this. In this case, I don't know what he did say but all of a sudden, it was fun! It was fun looking for the dancers that routinely stop traffic during Carnaval week. These dancers were just going at it in these heavy costumes in the afternoon heat.

These dancers were waiting to dance in front of Jimmy Buffett's Margarataville at about 5:00 PM. They had about 5 or 6 more hours of dancing ahead. We're thinking that maybe we, as spectators with the ability to go to bed early and wear ear plugs, should just quit our bellyaching and enjoy!