Trinidad and Carnival, February 2001

Other Photographs:
The Essence of Akka
The Virgin Islands, Winter 1999-Spring 2000
The Chesapeake Bay, Fall 2000
Bermuda, Nov.-Dec. 2000
Antigua and Barbuda, January 2001

  Click here to read more about Trinidad, or here for more about Carnival.

Playing in pan bands is fun for all ages
 

Carnival! Beads, glitter and pretty women
 

Carnival! The large pan band competition
 

The speakers on the semis let you feel the music
 

Carnival! Everyone joins the bands to "play mas"
 

Carnival! Wining is a Trini art form!
 

Carnival! Beautiful people in beautiful costumes
 

Carnival! Large headdresses are a feature of many costumes
 

Carnival! There's a guy under all that stuff in the tropical heat!
 

Carnival! Some costumes have wheels and fill the streets
 

Carnival! Andi & Suzie "paly mas" with some blue guys