The last circus I attended was some time in the 2000s in St. Vincent of all places: It was a small setup and great fun: Rick may remember that they brought out some tiny lion pups for kids to pet and handle (warning: they (and, if you touch them, your hands) stink like hell, but maybe they were not kept cleanly...
But then I discovered here a setup of a smaller circus right along the Malecon - and I was eager to go (expecting to be in the good company of a lot of cheering little kids). I tried to find out about their performance time. A young girl I spotted near the entrance told me it ould be on Monday at 7 and at 8. A sign said it would be 7:30, and some workers at the amusement park said it would be at 7. A lady picking up some garbage said it would be at 8.
I camped out at the side with the cooling ocean breeze fanning my back - but even as late as 7:30 there was nobody lining up or showing up at the gate by 7:30 last Monday - and as the sun was setting I gave up and went home. In the Caribbean I had learned about "Caribbean Time", here I guess we are dealing with "Mexican Time" which does not show on my dial...But here are some pix of the circus - maybe I will try again on the weekend.
: And here the empty/deserted entrance over an hour
POSTSCRIPT:
Yesterday I went to the area to enjoy a sunset at the beach and found that the circus is gone - all taken down and disappeared. Oh well, there will be another some time.
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