Carnaval La Paz 2014

This past week brought Carnaval to La Paz, and it was a really good one!!  Lots of interesting floats and bright new costumes.
But, in order for you to get even a glimpse of what it's actually like, you'll need to look at these pics in front of your loudest music cranked up.  Every float has a built in sound system, - you can see some of them - so you'll have to change the music frequently too.

Have fun.

                                                                              

 Sorry, did the best we could shooting into the sun.

 

This is a float from Brazil

To give you an idea of size, the parade route is about 3/4 mile long...................and it all looks pretty much like this.

The gay boys float

Friend Billy.  Bruce & Judy s/v JUCE in the background.

Yes, we had a good time!  It was a two beer parade, lasting over an hour, and easily the best one of the last couple years.  And, Hector finished our canvass work on Monday - only one day late which is outstanding for Mexico - and it is todo bien!  So now we have a few days to take care of odds and ends and provision before beginning our trip North to San Carlos.  There will be many friends on boats doing the same thing, so we look forward to taking our time, doing some visiting, and enjoying the Sea.  Maybe we'll even catch a fish.  For sure, we intend to check out some new anchorages too.  And, as you know, there will be little if any internet once we leave La Paz, but Claudia will be sending Spots whenever our anchor comes up or goes down.  So for now, Adios.