so its carnaval week in ensenada...it's huge. i had no idea...i've never been here in february. rocio and i went to the parade on saturday, and it was a couple hours long with a steady stream of motorcycles, classic cars, floats, dance companies (it's like how people in the states play town sports...this is their town sport. everyone and their brother belong to some dance school somewhere), and random clowns and semis pulling djs. the boulevard, the main road that the flag is on and that parallels the ocean, was PACKED. i have never in my life seen so many people downtown. they closed one side of the road and before the parade, the police came through on motorcycles to thin the crowd so that the classic cars could get by. they would drive up to people who were too far out in the road and turn their siren on until the people moved back. eek.

this is a kid from our old ministry site in the back, and jonathan (rocio's brother) is the monkey. he was such a HAM. oh my gosh. dancing all around, taking pictures with everyone...rocio and i ended up walking the last half of the parade with jonathan and that green bike thing...it was slightly embarrassing when people would go 'guera! baila!' and take pictures of me...i pretended i didnt understand and kept walking hahaha



when i say carnival, i mean carnival. they had all the good rides and everything...rocio and i went on a couple. it was so fun! even though she screamed for her mom at the top of her lungs the entire ride...