Month: August 2016

  http://seabiscuitblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Sailing-Blog-SeaBiscuit-Sea-Biscuit-Grenada-SpiceFish-Market-Sea-Biscuit-Blog-Grenada-Carnival2016-5-of-5.mp4 We’ve been really busy on our whirlwind tour with friends and family back in the US. So busy, that I never got a chance to post the rest of these goodies from Carnival. It turns out that J’ouvert was just a warm-up for the rest of the Carnival festivities. People danced till they dropped, went home, washed up, sobered up, changed outfits, and went back out into the streets  for Monday Night Mas (short for masquerade) – a dance party/parade of thousands that winds through the streets of Grenada. We were warned that we’d feel left out if we didn’t join a “band” for Carnival, so...

  You may be wondering why this group of sailors is covered in motor oil and paint, drinking beer at 7AM. Ordinarily, you wouldn’t catch us up before sunrise, drinking and getting covered in goop. But for J’ouvert (a celebration of the 1838 emancipation of slaves and inclusion of former slaves in Carnival festivities),the first big party of Carnival, we made an exception. With our alarm clock set for 3AM and our worst outfits laid ready, we slept lightly, buzzed with anticipation. The alarm proved unnecessary – the bump of the soca music blasting from the street was all we...