Belizeans love parades. We have been to four since we moved here! On Sunday night there was a Christmas parade. It was scheduled to start at 6:00. We ate a leisurely dinner, hopped on our bikes, checked out the big Christmas tree in Central Park, took a few photos.
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| The the boys in front of the Xmas tree in Central Park |
Then we walked down to Middle Street around 7:30, and the parade started about 15 minutes later. It was great! As usual, there were lots of LOUD sound systems pumping from the back of flatbeds, plenty of decorated golf carts, and lots of cute kids.
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| In the Caribbean, Santa's sleigh is pulled by dolphins |
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| Dora is in *every* parade |
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| Another Santa, with some elves |
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| This was a huge, drunken conga line that wrapped around its float, they were having a great time |
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| Some of the cute kids throwing candy to the crowd |
My favorite aspect of the parade was definitely the seven guys dressed as Santa, every one of them brown or black. The boys caught a lot of candy thrown from the passing floats, and even though it was still 78 degrees on our bike ride home, it felt a bit more like Christmas than it did before we saw the parade.
Hey Cameliam
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had an awesome christmas! I wish i could have been there. Anyway i was wondering if you wanted to skype today. I just got something i REALLY need to show you and i miss you A LOT!!!!! i hope you had a very merry christmas.
Truly yours, Galen.
P.S. My parents are talking about coming to Belize for mid-winter break.