Carnival is the biggest, drunkest, hose-the-people-down-with-fire-hydrants party in the country.
No one screws with Carnival!
Even the Indians, who are madder than hell at the way the talks are going.
So, new protests will be held off until February 27th.
Meanwhile, we enjoy a respite.
One of the ways to tell it is Carnival is by the enormous number of passed out Indians and Panamanians in the ditches beside the roads. Several people have had trouble getting into their houses because passed out drunks block their driveways, front doors and side streets.
As I have mentioned in the past, these people can PARTY!!!
It is not unusual to see a party still going at 8 AM the morning after. And Carnival is a four day long celebration. So why stop partying night or day?
How do they do it?
Our little berg of Boquete is know for a peaceful, quiet, tranquil place to weather the Carnival storm. Most Panamanians do not party at this level and they too try to hide from the major partying.
So Boquete is full and overflowing with Panamanian tourists escaping the party.
Even so there are enough people celebrating Carnival to litter the roads with passed out drunks.
In a rare display of planning, Romaro's (our major super market) is fully stocked throughout the fiesta. You can imagine my surprise! This culture is without the planning gene. Maybe they brought in a Type A westerner to pull this off.
We are enjoying abundant food, the most pleasant weather and a few days of relaxation and fun.
What you say, aren't we already relaxed in retirement? Ah, there are new levels of relaxation available.
Tonight we go to a New Orleans style, Fat Tuesday party. This is known as the most decadent gringo party of the year. Drunkenness will be resplendent tonight!
Not my favorite thing, for sure. We will have to go early and leave early, trying to avoid the worst of the mess.
Tonight, Gringos Gone Wild!
I plan on watching from the side lines.
1 comment:
Hi Tom,
just reading your last blog 'Carnival' when your message came in. We got back from Mexico in good shape. Laura really knows how to Vacation - and spend money. Really fun to have everyone sucking up like that! Purely Shameless. I can see why people like that stuff, it makes it easy to believe we are not dicks and asses! but, all is well. Hope the Carnival Gringo party ended up entertaining and without injury (ego injury is okay). am working for a plumber friend of the family - it is fun to flex a few muscles... weak though they may be! Love You, Darshan
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