We took in one of the Carnaval parades here in Chapala this morning. The Guadalajara Reporter newspaper listed the starting time as 10am but, to no one's surprise, it didn't get going until about 11:45am. While waiting for the main event to commence we struck up a conversation with a Canadian couple whose Mexican friend told them, “Oh, in Mexico always add two hours.” The Canadians, who have lived here about 3 years, warned us that this particular parade was quite small, although it was certainly well attended. Sure enough, after all that waiting around, the actual parade lasted no more than 15 minutes. It was fun to see but definitely short; just a few floats with beauty queens and some trucks sponsored by beverage companies. The Corona folks were, incredibly, handing out free beer. They were also giving noisemakers to the kids. That's just what Mexico needs: more noisemakers.
Free beer and noisemakers from the caring folks at Corona.
As I said, it was a "short" parade.
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