2 years ago, we made it to the Carnival in Tobago. This year, we made it to the one in Trinidad!
Glad that we had our friends Daniela and Rolf with us this time around. We caught the local maxi taxi (6 TTD/person) in the early morning of Tuesday, 28th February 2017 (and by early we mean 9am) from Chaguaramas (opposite Power Boats) and arrived at the maxi taxi terminal in Port of Spain, in just half an hour! (Fantastic! We had smooth traffic!)
We walked along with the masqueraders who were dressed in glittery, feathery, colorful skimpy costumes followed closely by their Carnival band of deafening music trucks, drinks trucks and wee wee trucks. It's a HUGE street party! I didn't realise how loud the music was until we walked away from the crowd and I couldn't hear a thing!
The rain came down on us in the afternoon, but the masqueraders marched on. No rain can dampened their high spirits! Dancing and singing to the tunes of the hit song "Full Extreme" by MX Prime and Ultimate Rejects which was played over and over.
𝄞𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮{ “Recession, doh bother we/promote ah fete/an you go see/we go party/to the full extreme/an light it up with gasolene/oh lord, the city could bun down/we jammin still/the building could fall down/we jammin still/just hold them and wuk dem/no, we doh business/oye, no we doh business...”.}𝄞𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮
Funny thing, when I first heard the song, I thought the lyrics were "we jumpin' still" or "we jam and steal" or maybe "steel" (for steelbands, which are popular here). Anyway.. 😄, I was kinda close though, thanks to google, the official lyrics are "we jammin still".
At times like this, I'm really grateful for the internet because I remember the days when I'd sing along to popular hit songs for years only to discover that the lyrics were completely different to what I had thought.
We walked along with the masqueraders who were dressed in glittery, feathery, colorful skimpy costumes followed closely by their Carnival band of deafening music trucks, drinks trucks and wee wee trucks. It's a HUGE street party! I didn't realise how loud the music was until we walked away from the crowd and I couldn't hear a thing!
The rain came down on us in the afternoon, but the masqueraders marched on. No rain can dampened their high spirits! Dancing and singing to the tunes of the hit song "Full Extreme" by MX Prime and Ultimate Rejects which was played over and over.
𝄞𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮{ “Recession, doh bother we/promote ah fete/an you go see/we go party/to the full extreme/an light it up with gasolene/oh lord, the city could bun down/we jammin still/the building could fall down/we jammin still/just hold them and wuk dem/no, we doh business/oye, no we doh business...”.}𝄞𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮
Funny thing, when I first heard the song, I thought the lyrics were "we jumpin' still" or "we jam and steal" or maybe "steel" (for steelbands, which are popular here). Anyway.. 😄, I was kinda close though, thanks to google, the official lyrics are "we jammin still".
At times like this, I'm really grateful for the internet because I remember the days when I'd sing along to popular hit songs for years only to discover that the lyrics were completely different to what I had thought.
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𝄞𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮{ We jammin still }𝄞𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮 It was an awesome day! A nice break from all the boat stuff and so happy we got to spend a lovely day with our dear friends from S/Y Yelo.
