Carnival Sao Paulo 2021 is Postponed!!

 The Carnival in Sao Paulo - Brazil, as well as the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, have been postponed from being scheduled for February to new dates between May and July.

São Paulo carnival is one of the largest in the country. This year, the city broke the public record and the number of blocks: there were more than 15 million revelers on the streets and 600 blocks. The city government spent R $ 36.6 million, and there was a financial return of R $ 2.3 billion for the city.

Photo by @jorways

The City of São Paulo decided to postpone the street carnival and the samba school parades of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The new date has not yet been defined, but, in the case of parades, the League of Samba Schools of São Paulo proposes that the party be held from the end of May or the beginning of July, at a date yet to be defined.

Samba schools and street carnival organizers in São Paulo already advocated postponing the carnival because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Governor João Doria said on July 15 that mega-events like New Year's Eve and Carnival should only be celebrated with the creation of the vaccine against the coronavirus.

The announcement was made by Mayor Bruno Covas  at a press conference at Palácio dos Bandeirantes, South Zone of São Paulo:

"We are defining with the blocks as well as with schools and with other cities the new date that should happen from May of next year. It will hardly happen in June because it coincides with the festivals of São João in the Northeast"

Learn more about Sao Paulo Carnival here.

Pool Party in Antigua - Guatemala (Rave in an empty swimming pool)

There's a party where everyone goes when going to Antigua - Guatemala.

It's a crazy rave on Saturdays, in an empty swimming pool. Nothing fancy but fun, it takes place in an abandoned swimming pool and the surrounding area just outside of Antigua (about 25 minutes from Antigua).  The pool itself is basically the entire dance floor. Outside of the swimming pool dance floor is just wide open full of grass where people sit and drink. 

To go there are shuttles going from Lucky Rabbit. 

The party starts at midnight, DJ(s) playing techno until the morning a well-stocked bar that also accepts credit cards (this is not common in Central America, at a party). There's a roof covering the pool and bar area. The party has bouncers and independent food carts serving tortas and tacos during the whole party. The empty pool is big enough to have plenty of room to catch some fresh air. Again, it lasts well into the morning, and I think the crowd start to leave at around 5AM

Sunday Funday Pool Crawl Party in San Juand del Sur - Nicaragua

Sunday Funday, in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, is one of the craziest and most fun parties you can find in Central America.

Sunday Funday consists in a pool crawl, you don't need to worry about anything apart from yourself coming back home, at some point.

The ticket, usually around $20 American Dollars, includes transportation (shuttles) from one venue to the other.

The organizers are two known hostels in San Juan del Sur: Naked Tiger Hostel and Pachamama Hostel.

You guessed right, the party starts on those hostels, in both hostels at the same time, around 11 AM.

First Sunday Funday Party Venue (Considered officially the pre-party venue 11 AM)

They give you shots, and loud music, and puts you around a lot of people, that maybe you saw previously during your trip, or Canadians and Americans traveling to Nicaragua for only a few days.

Second Sunday Funday Party Venue (Considered officially the first venue 1PM)

At around 1PM, you jump in one of the party shuttles and they will take you to Pacha Mama Hostel, where everyone is a little tipsy, the least. There is a DJ a pool and more free shots and good drinks at the bar.
At around 3PM you will see everyone is leaving somewhere. They are cueing at the door waiting for the next party shuttle to go to the next venue.

Third Sunday Funday Party Venue (considered officially the second venue 3PM)

At around 3PM you will land in a day club with a pool and next to the sand. This is my favorite part of the party. Everyone is from a bit to very drunk, unless they don't drink for some crazy reason.
Usually the best photos are taken here as well. The place is bigger than the  others and the pool is not deep so don't worry if you are bad at swimming

Fourth Sunday Funday Party Venue (considered officially the third party venue 5PM)

You don't remember how, but around 5PM you are going to be in Naked Tiger and you will remember the sunset there when you were playing around the pool or dancing. 

After Naked Tiger Hostel's part people go to different places to continue raging. Next day's stories gonna be crazy, especially before they will tell you what you did, from your blackout.

The official page for Sunday Funday Pool Party 

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Tha Famous Filthy Friday in Bocas del Toro - Panama

Famous Central America party, Filthy Friday, in Bocas del Toro - Panama, is one of the best and craziest parties you can go during your trip in Central America.

It is celebrated every two weeks and the entry ticket usually costs around $40 American Dollars.

The Filthy Friday ticket includes access to the 3 party venues, the transportation, free shots (it hink it is vodka in it, difficult to tell).

Also the filthy friday ticket usually includes  a branded Filthy Friday tank top and a branded filthy friday drawstring bag for your belongings

The max capacity of the party is 500, so it is safe to say that it will always e less than that number of people at the party whenever you get to go.

So the party starts at around 11:30 AM at Barco Hundido, this place is located on Isla Colon’s 1st Street. After that, at around 1 PM the party moves to The Blue Coconut, in Isla Solarte. And then at around 5 PM the party goes to Aqua Lounge, in Carenero Island. 

The party, almost always, ends up at 9PM. 

Warning: The transportation back home (hostel or wherever you are staying) is not included in the Filthy Friday ticket.  

You can buy the tickets (if there's not a restriction caused by a virus or something else happening in the world) online http://filthyfridaybocas.com/tickets/

There's a similar gathering in another party, in Central America, in Nicaragua. Itg is Sunday Funday. I will port another article about that one, as well.

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