It's a Carnavil

They actually call it Carnaval and it's the 3rd biggest in the world behind Rio and New Orleans. My Lumix camera got some fantastic shots so I'm going to do very little dialogue here and just post a bunch of my favorite pics. This year theme was ' Alebrijes and Dragon ' , I'm not sure if I ever figured out the Alebrijes but I sure did all the dragons. It ends on fat Tuesday (last Tuesday) and it this year all the events were exceptional, like Mazatlan knows the uniqueness of the event and with the new road to Durango  completed they have turned the wick up to get more visitors....and it was working. We shared the event with thousands of people, no worries, nothing but a wonderful vibe,

I've bought many of these stools...watch the Pacifico's if you're standing on them like everybody does. Oh, they cost 2 and a half bucks.

These guys tell you about the Mardi Gras spirit. They are promoting their special hot sauce and having fun doing it.

Of course Mazatlan is WAY more conservative than New Orleans or Rio but there are still a lot of pretty girls / women .  I love the way my camera froze the confetti in this pic....

In the middle of all the bands / Dragons / Pacifico floats / bottle rocket launchers / horses / dancers came this float....tossing free anti-acid samples to the crowd.

I tried to get a close up of the detail on the Dragons....you tell me which one you think is the best.

Being  ' Game of Thrones ' followers me and MPeasy know a bit about Dragons. Remember thescene when they were first hatched ???....it worked better on TV than it did on the malecon on Fat Tuesday.

The tallest Float at Carnaval 2017....I'm guessing 45  feet.

One of the coolest things is they honor all the past Carnaval Queens. Still beautiful.

Miss Mexico was there....

Our friend Trustin was in the mood....Good Alaskan there for sure.

Who wasn't smiling ?

And we even came across some wildlife on our hike out 

Hope ya liked it.....😀😀😀😀