Carnival

In Aguilas Spain, is held the biggest Carnival around. It consists of 4 big parades, 2 minor parades, huge party in the streets, costumes, drag queen showdown, fireworks, music, and food for two weeks long in the nighttime. The parades are filmed on TV and every costume is amazing. Each one is slightly different. They have a contest for the most beautiful dress made out of tissue paper. We went down to go watch it and found out that all the streets are blocked off by ticketed bleachers so you can't watch it for free. Luckily we found s spot right by the film crew and watched the parades for free. Parades are fun at first but over an hour or two I'm good on watching it. We all made costumes from pieces that we've gathered from around here and set out for the party night. Everyone was dressed up in costumes of all kinds. From group costumes to dressing up like Mexicans, to people painting there faces black for Aborigines, to Donald Trump building the wall. Anything you could imagine was presented. Little cars carrying stacks of amps with loud music blaring were cruzing the streets with dance parties following them. Some had small trucks with tons of amps and a trailer of people dancing. We found a spot with a live band playing and food carts all around. The party went until 4 am in the streets but we called it around 2. The food at the carts was just about everything. Burgers, fries, churros, chicken sandwiches, rice, no paella, and food I had no idea what it was. I had a churro coated in chocolate and filled with cream. Delicious. We had a blast at carnival and recommend going to it sometime.