A number of years ago I went with Cecilia and another friend to Gualeguaychu to see the second biggest carnival in South America, after Rio. It was spectacular.

Other cities in Argentina hold carnivals, including Buenos Aires. Even though this is the capital, the carnival is quite low key and nothing like as exciting as Gualeguaychu. But it’s fun in its own way, so I went with Venetia and Sally to check it out.

No huge floats, no almost naked people, no professional dancers. Just people having fun. Here are some photos and a video to give you a feel for the event.

This was some sort of exhibit of costumes, but we never figured out exactly what they were.

Parade make-up station

These were some cool boots!

I don’t want to be here. Why did you make me do this?

Carnival baby

Carnival baby’s mum

Backstage after the parade

Not sure what role this bus played but it was pretty cool looking

More backstage

And of course we ended the afternoon in the usual way!