For a true party aficionado flying to another continent in search of the perfect night out presents no problem. In fact, sometimes the further the better, as being away from home gives us a sense of anonymity that relaxes constrains and encourages wild partying.
With that in mind - here is my first proposal of a list of world famous party spots:
Mardi Gras
, New Orleans, USA
Starting Every Fat Tuesday the already party prone New Orleans (it's not called the Big Easy for no reason) gets even wilder with costume balls, world-famous street parades, crazy bar scene and elegant balls. It is the culmination of one of the world's most famous carnival celebrations, whose tradition goes back to late 18th century and its French founders.
The action focuses along Bourbon Street in the historic French Quarter. For many it's the bar scene that matters most, after all this is the USA, where drinking age limit is 21 most places and limited strictly to within licensed premises. Not in the Big Easy though:
This drunken debauchery couldn't escape the scathing critique of the righteous, who frequently stage protests, albeit not very successful:
If it sounds crazy enough and you're ready to sell your soul in this devilish revelry start planning ahead, getting a good seat along the parade route may be hard, and requires advanced planing:
Apart from crazy costumes, strings of beads thrown at and worn by revelers form an integral part of the festivities. As everything in the States, the bigger the better:
Final note
: Although for most tourists the Mardi Gras season has come to mean free flowing alcohol and women and, yes, men flashing (i.e. exposing their breasts or worse - no picture here), for locals this is still a family, kid oriented holiday. And this carnival celebration has preserved such character outside the French Quarter, along the parade routes Uptown and in Mid City. If you try to show off your new set of implants there, you may be in for a night in New Orleans jail. And that's a completely different kind of fun.
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