Finally: THE carnival

As I couldn't participate on Saturday, on one of the biggest nights of the Carnival this was the only impression I got from the last night party:

Poor duck couldn't handle the Saturday night of the Carnival.

Anyway obviously there is also an option for those who prefer to dance in the sunshine and for families with small children. This is the Carnaval del Día. The are not too many differences, the music is the same loud, the people are super nice, friendly and smiling at everyone, everybody is dancing on all of the streets and squares and of course there are the amazing costumes! (Okay, maybe there are a little bit less drunk people, this is the most obvious difference). When I say amazing costumes I really mean it! If it is a pirate, it can not exist without the parrot, the eye patch, the hat with plumes and the sword. But this is only one example. They spend a lot of time and money on the best costumes and on the top of this, they always wear different ones on the different days of the carnival! 

The live music was provided by the local beer company: Dorada with the nice Teide logo.

They made a huge party, let the people play on their drums and creating different dancing games.

My favourite scene from this day when the small pirate, prisoner and indian are finding a treasure on the ground while the pirate, prisoner and indian parents are having a nice conversation with a drink (this second part is obviously not visible here:))

The inevitable part of the carnival is when men are dressed like women. This is the way how once a year they can show their feminine side. There are some who dress expressly vulgar but some of them put a really big effort to look beautiful. (Even though it didn't work:))

When the night started to come all of the small princess' returned home and gave the floor to the bigger ones for the night...

So to give you a quick look also from the night carnival I can share my Monday night experiences in a few words: Huge crowd, nice music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nBFWzpWXuM), creative costumes, a lot of peeing people on the streets (boys and girls equally), but still hilarious atmosphere.

And this is still not the end of the story...