Carnival weekend

It was the 'end of summer' long weekend this weekend - and time for the annual Notting Hill Carnival. Although we didn't go this year, we did go last year and it was great fun (despite the rain, although they had clear sunny skies this year). The drumming was very loud and the costumes were amazing. There were also sound system displays, where every man and his dog chucks his huge sound system out the front window of the house and plays very loud bassy music right from the front lawn. There were also heaps of stalls selling Carribean food and we sampled out first taste of plantain, black beans and jerk chicken. Below are a few more pictures from this year's Carnival.


The Notting Hill Carnival parade

One of the drumming groups