It's the Wednesday after Carnival today so things are getting back to normal after the 48 hour street-party. Thought I'd share a couple of photos from the event. 2 are from the Soca Monarch Finals at the national cricket stadium on the Friday night last week and one is of some of the parade, passing the judges (on the balcony) on the Tuesday afternoon. I didn't have my camera for much of the event but Gordon B's got alot more photos to come.... I'm pretty sure that nearly everyone in Grenada turned out in St Georges over the past couple of days and we were there for pretty much the whole event (not much time for sleeping!). The main road routes through the capital are closed off for the whole event and the streets just become rammed with people following trucks blasting soca music as loud as you can imagine for 2 days straight, it's kinda hard to describe. Monday and Tuesday were both public holidays so no time for the hospital! I was expecting the wards to be swamped today after Carnival but actually things were relatively calm! The highlight of the carnival had to be getting up at 4AM and heading into St. Georges for J'Ouvert (the official start of Carnival on the Monday monring) with just some cash and old clothes, then getting covered in red paint and drinking rum till mid-day! Gordon B and I are now down to our last week in Grenada (can't believe it's gone so fast) so we're hoping to make the most of the last week on d'island!
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