On Saturday night Adsy and I ventured into the city to watch the Mardi Gras parade. There is one major difference between how we celebrate Mardi Gras and how Australians celebrate it. In Australia the Mardi Gras parade is really a gay pride parade, in fact anything to do with Mardi Gras over here is completely associated with the GLBT community. So really instead of going to a Mardi Gras parade on Saturday night I went to my first gay pride parade!
Getting down there was a little bit of a pain because they had to block off a lot of the main roads for the parade route, so we did a lot of walking. Then after all the walking we stood in one spot for about 3 hours to watch the parade. Needless to say we were tired halfway through and Adsy's knee was killing him, so we left before it finished.
I must say I was a little disappointed in parade's level of quality. I didn't think the floats were that great and everything looked thrown together. Everyone made such a big deal about "Sydney's Mardi Gras" parade, but honestly I was let down. I guess I should not be so critical of a parade, because let us be honest it is a parade, but I still thought it could have been better. Oh well it was a new experience for me, and another insight into Sydney's diverse culture.
P.S. I'm sorry I don't have pictures to show, but for whatever reason they all came out really blurry. Just imagine a lot of guys in really short shorts.
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