Carnival!

Carnival has taken over Grenada these past few weeks, but the past 48 hours were by far the most exciting...and sleep-deprived. Let me paint the picture:

Monday
4am-11am: Walk into St. George's for JOUVERT (get covered by everyone in paint or fuel oil, whine up on each other, and dance through town behind huge trucks blaring Soca music)





12pm: Walk back to my house, shower in the rain, and scrub the paint & oil off our skin
1pm: Squeeze in some Olympics
4pm: Take a nap
7pm-12am: Walk into St. George's for MONDAY NIGHT MASS (parade through town behind your band's music truck wearing costume, wave glow stick, blow whistle, and look pretty much amazing in sombreros)


Tuesday
1am: Body starts shutting down and I get a high fever
3am-9am: Take a bus to the opposite end of the island for their JOUVERT (get covered in pink paint and walk/dance for miles behind a really slow music truck to Sauteurs)


9am: Arrive in Sauteurs exhausted (still with a fever and now swollen tonsils)
10am: Get a ride back to St. George's to shower and sleep
2pm: Wake up and walk into town to catch a glimpse of the FANCY MASS PARADE (all the Carnivale bands and queens in their extravagant costumes)





4pm: Go back to sleep
8pm: Wake up to eat and pop some more Tylenol
10pm: Sleep (thank GOD!!!)