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The beach is deserted under the spell of dark foreboding clouds Riders of the storm racing like the mares of an Apocalypse to come The dreamy Ipanema girls and the cariocas have gone back to the hills The sky comes ever lower, almost touching the sea bleeding their colors We look up at the deluvian […]
They shake their soul to the music They have angels flying behind their closed eyes And they followed the pied piper to the river But the piper drowned into the river As I drown my sorrows into flows of beer Let the beat of the Soca lead you away And keep your soul close to […]
This is not the planet Arrakis of Frank Herbert fame This is topical sunset at the moment the dying sun sets the haze ablaze The uneven towers of the skyline resemble a cluster of rocket pads on an intergalactic station The adventure is only a few steps away if you let your dreams launch you […]
Like friendly fire, the clashes have no real enemy It is no friend fr foe, but blue on blue in the ropes Twerking their time away in a crowd of walking zombies Girl rubs boy into oblivion with lethal weapon Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2014 Carnival Gallery Hits: 14
A hotel’s rooftop pool and bar at dusk in Asuncion Braving the rum-thirsty mosquitoes to enjoy the view As the tropical night sets in, the city disappears in the dark Now i is like standing on the deck of an airship floating in the night The shimmering lights of the skyline are distant stars from […]
A wife tries to restrain the enthusiasm of her man As they walk by a music rig promoting Caribbean drinks A toast to the truck and all the dancing beauties that make you dizzy It is punch for carnival days and the other punch once back home Photo Hugh Ardoin Notting Hill 2014 Carnival Gallery […]
The street is a non stop light show Where passerby is a voluntary yet involuntary actor As we cruise the Asuncion high streets camera in hand For the umpteen time I attempt to stop the flow of time To cast unique moments in the long script of a waning life An like a deranged entomologist, […]
The fun patrol scours the streets of the Hill To make sure everyone is wearing the regular smile Black and white tight-fitting uniforms and jackboots Not to mention the lethal weapons kit they got from mama… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2013 Carnival Gallery Hits: 8
Twenty degrees into the Southern hemisphere Sub tropical evening skies with typical dotted clouds On the Tropic of Capricorn where the sun hits the zenith About half a million souls prepare for the night While a few others will populate the night-life Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery Hits: 9
The confusion and the commotion takes its toll After sleepless nights spent drinking and dancing The participants grab a truck’s tailgate and twerk A young man lost his flag, so he painted it on his chest Everybody is happy and having a great time Keeping the headaches for tomorrow Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill […]