Guyana and Suriname
From Brasil to Guyana and Suriname, the top of South America and the end of Latin America, the start of Caribbean culture. You're forgiven if you didn't know there were countries called Guyana and Suriname, I only found them on my map a few months ago. Do to the deterorating situation in Venezuela I thought the safest way to make my way to Jamaica would be via Guyana.
Brazil – Carnival
Picture hundreds of thousands of people dancing along the street in different groups surrounding enormous trucks. The trucks are walls of sound, packed with speakers, a 10 piece band on top, possibly a naked painted girl. The band is playing at a ridiculous speed, there's the traditional drum kit, a few guys on congos and various other drums, saxophones, trumpets, a bass guitar, a lead guitar doing 80's style guitar solos and a lead singer. They play for four or five hours straight as the truck edges along the road surrounded by a few thousand people all wearing the same tshirt, mimicking each other doing the same dance.
