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Barranquilla

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    • Día 206

      Alaaf!

      17 de febrero de 2018, Colombia ⋅ 🌙 26 °C

      Nächster Programmpunkt, Carneval de Barranquilla.

      Von Salento aus, machte ich mich erst einmal auf den Weg ins nette Manizales, um mich dann, 2 Tage später, wirklich auf den Weg nach Barranquilla zu machen.
      Morgens um 7 Uhr ging es mit dem Bus ins ca 5 Stunden entfernte Medellin, von wo ich meinen Flug nach Barranquilla gebucht hatte. Da der Bus etwas Verspätung hatte, nahm ich mir ein völlig überteuertes Taxi, um rechtzeitig am Flughafen zu sein. Ich kam also rechtzeitig und happy an und ging zum Check in. Leider hatte ich bis dahin nicht mit meiner eigenen Dummheit gerechnet. Als ich einchecken wollte, sagte mir eine nette Dame, mit einem doch eher mitleidigen Lächeln, dass ich den Flug leider nicht für den 09.02., sondern für den 09.03. gebucht hatte. Das erklärte dann auch gleich meine zahlreich missglückten Versuche, mich online ein zu checken. Leider konnte der Flug auch spontan nicht umgebucht werden. So sprang ich am Flughafen in einen Bus, der mich zum Busterminal brachte. Dort hatte ich dann tatsächlich Glück und ergatterte den letzten Sitzplatz im Nachtbus nach Barranquilla.
      26 Stunden nachdem ich das Hostel verlassen hatte, war ich nun also vor Ort.
      Was als erstes auffiel, die Temperaturen waren mit 35 Grad deutlich angenehmer als beim Karneval in Köln und anstatt schunkel gab es hier überall Salsa Musik. Ich weiß nicht was besser ist.
      Die Parade an sich, war so wie man das auch aus dem Fernseher vom Carneval in Rio kennt. Schnelle Rhythmen und leicht bekleidete Tänzerinnen. Punkt für Barranquilla!
      Leider konnte man, wenn man nicht ein überteuertes Ticket gekauft hatte, nur sehr wenig von diesem Umzug sehen. Punkt für Köln.
      Nach dem Umzug ging es zur Party am größten Salsa Club der Stadt. Es war eine schöne, ausgelassene Stimmung. Auch die Polizei machte ihren Job ordentlich und zerstörte diese Stimmung.
      Grund dafür war das Partyvolk. Es war an dem Club so voll geworden, daß die Leute auch auf der Straße tanzten. Anstatt allerdings die Straße zu sperren, versuchte die Polizei die Leute vom Feiern ab zu halten und die Straße zu räumen. Nachdem das nicht so recht klappte, beschloss sie an allen Fahrzeugen die Sirenen an zu machen. Diese waren jedoch so laut penetrant, dass nun auch die Menschen im Club (er war zu den Seiten offen) nicht mehr tanzten. Das ganze Spiel dauerte ca. 30 Minuten. Dann machte die Polizei plötzlich alle Sirenen aus und verschwanden.
      Innerhalb von einer Minute war die Straße wieder zur Tanzflächen geworden. Absolut sinnfreie Aktion.
      Zur Tradition beim Carneval gehört es übrigens auch, sich gegenseitig mit so einer Art Rasierschaum zu besprühen und mit Maismehl zu bewerfen. Das macht echt Spaß. Punkt Barranquilla.
      Den Rest des Abends war es dann eine tolle Party. Man unterhielt sich mit jeder Menge columbianer und wurde ständig auf Aquadiente eingeladen. Ein Schnaps der wie Sambuca Schmeckt.
      Dann doch lieber Kölsch, also Punkt für Köln.

      Tag Nummer zwei begann mit einem schweren Kopf und der Info, dass die Party an diesem Tag direkt vor der Tür des Hostels statt fand. Dazu muss ich sagen, dass ich in einem Nachbarort von Barranquilla übernachtet hatte, da die Hostel Preise zum Carneval explodieren.
      Also, Tag Nr. 2, Dorffest!
      Morgens um 10 Uhr baute DJ Turbo! seine Anlage auf, um dann ab 12 Uhr so richtig Gas zu geben. Das wichtigste dabei, es muss laut sein! Man kann es sich ungefähr so vorstellen wie in Brandenburg an der Tanke, wenn die Jungs den Kofferraum aufmachen, die Musik aufdrehen und so ihre P... Länge vergleichen. Der DJ war nämlich nicht der einzige. An allen Häusern drum herum wurden die Boxen raus gestellt und die galt es zu übertönen. Es war so laut, daß man sich im Hostel nicht mehr unterhalten konnte und die Betten vibrierten.
      Mit der Zeit stieg die Anzahl der Leute und auch dessen, sowie mein, Alkohol Pegel.
      Als einziger anwesender Tourist, wurden natürlich alle Tanzversuche beäugt, kommentiert und vor allem belacht. So blieb es auch nicht aus, daß mir ein paar gut betrunkene, ältere Damen unbedingt das Tanzen beibringen wollten. Das war wirklich ein mega lustiger Abend, aber dieses "in einer Tour Aquadiente trinken" verstehe ich nicht.
      Vorbei war die Aben, als dem Veranstalter (der Tante Emma Laden an der Ecke) das Bier aus ging. Also gegen 2 Uhr morgens.

      Ps: Leider sind die Fotos nicht so dolle. Ich hatte entweder kein Telefon dabei oder war betrunken...
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    • Día 132

      Carnival mood in the streets

      8 de febrero de 2018, Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      The streets of Barranquilla were all gearing up for the carnival and we could see the carnival decorations everywhere.
      The main characters of Carnaval are la Negrita Puloy (black women wearing red short skirt and top with white polka dots), la Marimonda (masked character with a long nose and big ears appears like a monkey mixed with an elephant dressed in bright, mismatched colors), el Monocuco (costume consist of a large colored robe with a hood to cover the face, this robe are all different and their unique style. It also consist of a mask that cover the rest of the face with a piece of cloth), el Toro (the bull), el Rey Momo (Momo the king of the Carnival with a crown and staff in the hand), and el Congo (dressed as war dancers from Congo with colourful satin pants with patches and ribbons with huge hats with rows of flowers) along with the Queen of Carnival. Images of these characters make up the majority of the Carnival decorations, but people also use bright colored streamers, giant replicas of tropical flowers, and the colors representative of the city of Barranquilla: black, red, green, and yellow to decorate their house and apartments, and to adorn supermarkets, shopping malls, and the city itself.Leer más

    • Día 134

      Dinner at Parrillia Lebanese

      10 de febrero de 2018, Colombia ⋅ 🌙 27 °C

      It was a fantastic day... We really enjoyed ourselves. Our tent had been packed during the parade. The people were throwing foam and white flour at each other. It was full fun and party. But, as soon as the parade ended, the locals running these sitting places started stacking up the chairs and within a few seconds everything was ready to be locked for the day.
      From the parade, we went to a Lebanese restaurant we had seen in the last few days but had not gone in yet. We had our dinner at Parrillia Lebanese and the vegetarian fare for the day was a meze plate with a nice mix of chickpeas, mashed brinjal paste, falafel etc. The food was good but we ran into trouble towards the end of the meal when the bill came. It had been a grand meal and we had topped 100,000 COP. Hristo realized that he might not have enough money for the food. After emptying out all the pockets, we still ran a few tens of thousands less. Luckily, I was carrying some money and we managed to just reach the bill amount with nothing left for a tip 😈
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    • Día 137

      Tuesday of Carnaval

      13 de febrero de 2018, Colombia ⋅ 🌬 28 °C

      This the fourth and the last day of Carnival. The parade for this day is at a different venue. The parade starts at 4 pm and is on the Carrera 54.
      We were there at 4 pm. There are no tickets for this event. There are no stands either. We found some good places to stand in the shade. While we were waiting, a Raspados (shaved ice sweet. Chuski for those who are familiar with it from India) seller passed by. We stopped and tried the refreshing sweet.
      The parade started with some Cumbia dancers and we thought that this parade would be similar to that on the other days, but it turned out to be quite different...
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    • Día 13

      Carnaval 🥱

      26 de marzo de 2022, Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

      Por le COVID, el Carnaval del 2022 se pasó de Febrero a Abril y en cuanto me enteré, cambié todos mis planes para ir. El carnaval de Barranquilla es el segundo mas grande de América Latina después del de Salvador de Bahia, y según dicen, de los más imponentes.

      Lamento desilusionarlos a todos, ya que después de haber ido, creo que el de Gualeguaychu es mejor...

      No se si fue falta de organización, o el calor, pero la gente tenía menos onda que un renglón, había mucho robo y realmente no había tanta gente. Pagué una fortuna por el vuelo y para quedarme con Ali y sus amigas, pero terminó estándo bastante divertido. Vivi, una de las amigas de Ali, estudia música y en particular, cumbia y chambeta colombiana, así que nos llevó a un montón de fiestas aparte, que nos hicieron el día.

      Al final de nuestros día ahí, me tomé un bus hacia Santa Marta, mi nuevo destino.
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    • Día 131

      Start of the party time

      7 de febrero de 2018, Colombia ⋅ 🌙 24 °C

      Back at the hostel, I was preparing to sleep when Brian our 24 year old owner of the hostel came over and offered to take me along with the rest of the people at the hostel to a club where they were having the carnival pre-party. We packed ourselves in his car and went to the Michaelangelo club. It was a fun night out. There were people wearing costumes and dancing to the loud beats of the latino music. I also got introduced to all the inmates of the hostel while we danced together. We returned back at 1 am. So much for an early night 😁😁Leer más

    • Día 135

      The Sunday Parade

      11 de febrero de 2018, Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      Richer from the experience of the day before, we had a clear plan in mind for the day. We started off earlier around 11 am as planned. This day we decided to go further up on Via 40, directly where the palcos were. There were vendors selling caps, foams etc on the street side. We entered the public area and started going from one palco to another exposing ourselves to various touts so we could pitch them against each other. We had also planned our location well. We wanted to be nearer the start of the parade since the day before when we were in the middle of the Via 40,we had realized that a lot of groups would get tired dancing in the searing sun by the time they reached our seats. But, we didn't want to be right at the start since most groups would have be trying to get organized in their dances etc.
      Keeping that in mind, we marked 3-4 palcos where we would try and get our tickets and this day we decided to get into the palcos since they afforded a better view of the parade.
      Keeping all these factors in mind, we managed to pitch a few touts against each other and negotiate the price down from 60000 COP to 25000 COP per person in one of the palcos right in the front row at a nice elevated position above the Via 40 road. Our palco even had a live band that kept is entertained till the parade started. They even gave us free coffee, caps, bags and some snacks being sponsored by a local pub. We were extremely happy with the deal and our place and the live band was quite useful since the parade started at 2:30 pm about 1.5 hours later than scheduled 😎
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    • Día 134

      Tickets for the Saturday Parade

      10 de febrero de 2018, Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

      The parade was set to begin at 1 pm along the Via 40 street. I had tried to enquire on the evening before about the time, the cost of the tickets and where to get them. Interestingly, none knew where to buy the tickets. For the time, they suggested going around 11 am to get good places. The owner of my hostel also suggested that instead of the palcos that were quite expensive, we could look for places organized by private people. These, people normally put up plastic chairs just behind the barrier and are much cheaper than the palcos (balconies). Armed with this information, we had agreed to meet at a junction nearby and from there, go on together to Via 40 which was about 700 mts away from there.
      In the morning, Hristo messaged and informed that the person at the reception had mentioned that he could arrange the tickets for the parade for 75, 000 COP per person. That offer did seem tempting considering that the entry for the Crowning of the Carnival Queen had been 100,000 COP per person. But, we had realized than that there was a cheaper (free) entrance as well so, it could also be possible that the parade too had a free/cheap place. We decided not to buy the tickets for him. When we met at the junction, we discussed this again. It was almost 12 pm. All the good places if they were free or cheap would have been taken up by now. We decided to buy the tickets from the guy at the hotel reception. Hristo was to run back, buy the tickets, while Maria and I would continue to Via 40 and then we would sync up after Hristo had the tickets and knew which place to go to. Maria didn't want us to split up and put her foot down firmly thats we'll all be together and go to the Via 40 amd when a woman does that, you've gotta listen 😁😁
      We all went to the Via 40 together. There were barricades everywhere and the police was searching and checking tickets. They had separate ques for men amd women. I was 1st in the que among the 3 of us. They checked my bag and let me in. No one asked for any tickets. Behind me, Hristo was stopped and asked if he had the tickets. He just pointed to me and was let in. Maria too was searched in the women's que and then asked if she had the ticket. She pointed to both of us and was let in 🤔
      Inside the barricade, there were touts selling tickets. Some of them at 60000 COP, some for 40000 COP. We couldn't really figure out why we were let in without the tickets and what tickets these touts were selling. There was an "official looking" ticket counter next to the barricade. We went and had a look. They were selling tickets for 30000 COP and a combo ticket for 2 days (Saturday and Sunday) for 50,000 COP.
      We just ignored all the touts and continued inside towards the Via 50. Just near the main road, we were stopped by a police guy who singled us out from the whole crowd moving in. He asked for our tickets and on telling we don't have any, asked us to go back to the barricades and go over to the other side of the partition barricade. We asked him where we could buy the tickets, for which he told that this area was reserved for the Navy and the entry was with passes only and that we could get the tickets on the other side.
      Something didn't really add up.. The people around us didn't really look like from the navy and what about the tickets being sold near the entry barricades or by the touts. 🤔 In any case, we didn't have an option since the police guy wasn't leaving us, so we walked back towards the entrance. Just before the entrance, we saw an opening in the partition barricade, where we could cross over to the other side. We crossed over and found ourselves in an area with a lot of private tents with plastic chairs selling the places from 30000 COP to 40000 COP per place. We continued walking along from one tent to another, checking out the prices and places. At the end of this private area, the area for the private balconies started. These were raised platform with chairs to sit on. Each palco had its own entrance and tickets. There were touts selling tickets to the various numbered palcos at different prices but most of them were quoting prices from 100,000 to even 300,000. After walking around for another 10 min, we decided that of we could get a front row seat in one of the private tents, it would be a much better deal than paying 100,000 for a slightly raised seat, that too quite behind since the palcos were already filling up fast. So, we negotiated a price of 70,000 COP for the 3 of us and found a place in the second row in one of the private area. There were people sitting on the floor in front of us but we still had an amazing view.
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    • Día 134

      Floats

      10 de febrero de 2018, Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

      The parade started at around 1 pm, the first of the participants came just about 20 - 30 late but that was quite acceptable considering the Latin American standards. 😉
      From our place right next to the road, we had a good feel of the show but the barriers and the police guys standing on the outside of the barricade were constantly in our line of sight.

      Some of the beautiful floats in the Saturday Parade.
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    • Día 134

      King Momo's float

      10 de febrero de 2018, Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      King Momo is known as the son of the dream and of the night and presided over parties of the insane, which are celebrated in pueblos and cities. Momo became known as the “protector” of all those who indulged in merrymaking and the scandal of vice and excess.Leer más

    También podrías conocer este lugar por los siguientes nombres:

    Barranquilla, بارانكويلا, Горад Баранкілья, Баранкиля, Барранкилья, Μπαρρανκίγια, ברנקייה, BAQ, バランキージャ, ბარანკილია, 바랑키야, Barankilija, ब्यारेन्क्विला, ਬਾਰਾਙਕੀਯਾ, بارانکولا, Barranquilha, Баранкиља, บาร์รังกียา, Барранкілья, Barrankilya, 巴冷基也, 巴兰基亚

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