Bridget Ndlovu-Jones' Blog

One of my Top Ten things to do before I die is go to the Rio carnival. The throbbing music, the dancing with sheer abandon, the scantily clad men and women...brilliant!

So when I heard that CT has it's own version of the ritual I thought I'd go along with some mates and watch.

Mid-afternoon we parked ourselves in the upstairs of a dodgy looking pub that had a brilliant view of the street. At 8pm and several ciders later the carnival erupted with a 100 Harley Davidsons riding through the street and the crowds went wild!

Over the next 2 hours we were treated to foam life sized animals (a la Lion King), 100s of Indian dancing girls, sci-fi robots, gum boot dancers, scenes from CT, marching bands, minstrels, giant sea-food including huge prawns (that could have been mistaken for sperm - well, they had this weird tail thing on their heads...easy mistake) and much much more. A feast for the eyes and ears! It was brilliant.

Afterwards we joined the throngs on the streets in search of much needed food to soak up the litres of alcohol. Everyone was in high spirits, places were packed, the temperature was in the 30s! It was fantastic. A great warm up to Rio.

Thank you Cape Town!


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