01 ngo 08
Isingeniso seFesty Fest
I-Fest Fest 2011: Iindwendwe zigqithiswe njengeJellyfish ihambela uMbutho woLondolozo lwe-Florida Keys kunye ne-Key West float ethwele "uKumkani Neptune" phantsi kweDesval Street. Ifoto © Andy Newman / Florida Keys News Bureau I-Mardi Gras e-New Orleans ingaba yindala kwaye ikhudlwana, kodwa i-Fantasy Fest kwi-West Key yiyona nto iphambili kwi-US, ngakumbi ukuba ukuthanda kwakho kugijimela ekuhlaleni kwelanga, isiko lesingqingili, kunye nokubonakaliswa okubonakalayo kwamagumbi angabonakali.
Egcinwe minyaka yonke malunga neveki ngaphambi kweHalloween, iFantasy Fest yinkampani yokugqoka i-nonpareil, nangona ininzi 'yeengubo' iqukethe ubuncinane bepeyinti yomzimba. Ukususela ekuthobekeni okuthobekileyo malunga neminyaka engama-30 eyadlulayo (isiganeko senziwa ukuba sizise abantu edolophini ngexesha lexesha eliqhelekileyo lonyaka), I-Fantasy Fest iye yanda ibe i-mecca ye-hedonistic ibonisa amashumi amawaka eendwendwe ngonyaka. Iqela eliqingqiweyo kunye ne-non-hold-barredred parade phantsi kweDuval Street ngoMgqibelo, izaliswe ngokuzulazula kunye nezindwendwe ezihlaselayo zezo zifundo.
ILizwi kwizilumko: Ukuba ucinga ukuya kwiFantasy Fest, awukwazi ukubeka umgca wakho ukulala. Amagumbi agcwalisa ngokukhawuleza!
I-Fantasy Fest ayikho wonke umntu. Ukuba ubuqhetseba besidlangalaphu nokuphuza kukukhubekisa, oku akusiyo imeko yakho. Hayi, akudingeki uzenze uhamba nawe, nangona iingubo zentlobo ethile zimalunga negunya. Uza kubona amadoda amanxibe egqoke iimbumba kunye neenkhumba, kunye nabasetyhini besendaweni okanye ipeyinti yomzimba, kunye ncinane. Ngokuxhomekeke kwiminqweno yakho, unakho ukuya kwiqela elingu-costume kwi-bar yendawo okanye kwizenzakalo ze-wilder, kwakhona, eziza kubonakalisa imizimba eyahlukeneyo ekuzukeleni kwayo okanye ekufumaneni izilwanyana ezahlukeneyo zesondo. Uye waxwayiswa / ubizwa!
02 ngo 08
Abantu Ukubukela
Ipeyinti yomzimba yomsindo: I-Cat Lady. © Andrea Chung Enye yezona zizathu ezilungileyo zokuya kwiFantasy Fest kwiiKhendi kufuneka zibe ngabantu ababukeleyo. Kukho nje into ekhangayo malunga nokujonga indoda eyinqunu okanye ibhinqa evulekileyo ukusuka entloko ukuya enzwaneni kwipende yombumba. Imibala emininzi, imifanekiso, kunye neempendulo, ezivela kwisifuba esigcwele iintyatyambo kwiipatheni zezilwanyana, ama-superheroes, kunye ne-KISS - umfanekiso wesimboli.
Isiphumo sokuphela kukuba umxholo ubheka ngokugqithiseleyo iliso - ngaphandle kokuba ukhangelelisise kakuhle.
Ngokusemthethweni, ubunqunu bomntu abukho mthethweni kwezitrato ze-West Key, ngethuba leFesty Fest. Umthetho weNgingqi uchaza ukuba ipeyinti yomzimba ayithathwa njengento yokugqoka, kwaye abaye bahlala bayakhuthazwa ukuba banxibe i-cover-up. Le nto ingaba ngumgaqo ogqithiseleyo kakhulu kwi-Fantasy Fest, nangona kunjalo.
03 we-08
Ukugqoka kunye neengubo
Ezi zambatho zePirate kwiFantasy Fest ayishiyi eninzi kwiingcamango. Ifoto © Dshfl ngeFlickr Qinisekisa ukuba uzisa iingubo-okanye iingubo-kwi-Fantasy Fest! Wonke umntu uya kufuna ukuthatha umfanekiso nawe. Ewe, i-paparazzi yindawo yonke, udibanise, kwaye ukuba uyayidlala ngokufanelekileyo uya kukwazi ukuba yintoni inqwenela ukuba ngumdumo obeka iikhamera.
Kwi-Fantasy Fest, ukutshisa iindwangu, ngaphezulu uya kufumana kwaye uhluthe. Yisebenzise inkululeko yokuhamba nayiphi na intombazana okanye umfana kwaye ucele ukuthatha umfanekiso kunye nabo - awuyi kuba neli thuba kwakhona kuze kube yithuba leNkcazo yeFestile ngonyaka ozayo! Uninzi lwabantu lunobungane kakhulu kwaye luthandeka ngqalelo yakho.
Ucele ngaphambi kokuba udubule, nangona kunjalo. Akuyena wonke umntu ofuna ukuba nemifanekiso engabonakaliyo ekwabelwana ngayo kwi-intanethi!
04 we-08
Cwangcisa amacebo akho okusela kunye neentambo zakho!
Ukusela kwiSitrato seDuval ngexesha leFesty Fest. Ifoto © Ottofocus ngeFlickr Baphuze abathengisi baya kubathengisa iziqhamo zonke iinqanaba elincinane, ngoko awuyi kuba kude nokuhlaziya kwakhona nakwiihlandlo ezingaqhelekanga kwi-Key West xa kungekho bar ngokukhawuleza . Zive ukhululekile ukuhamba ezitratweni ngekhabe ngesandla, i-Key West ibe yenye yeendawo ezimbalwa apho utywala loluntu luvunyelwe khona - ubuncinane ngaphakathi kwiNgingqi "yeNdalo" (ejoliswe kwiSitrato saseDuval) ngexesha leFesty Fest! Ungagcina imali ethile ngokuzisa utywala lwakho kwisantya; yifake kwisitya sakho kwaye uthenge abaxube njengoko uhambahamba.
I-Fantasy Fest iphela kwiveki yonke, kodwa yonke into oyifunayo impela intsuku ezintathu ezintle kwaye mhlawumbi uye wagcwaliswa ngokugulisa, ukusela, ukulala ngaphandle kwekhefu kwindawo oyikhethiweyo, umculo womculo kunye nokubona indawo. Zama nje ukuqinisekisa ukuba awuphuthelwa ngumdlalo omkhulu wamaMgqibelo!
Ngosuku lwesibini, abaninzi abaye baxhomeka kwaye baxhamla amanzi kunye neTylenol. Amaqhawe asele edla isidlo sasekuseni esihle kwaye afune ukuba yintoni apho imisebenzi yezemidlalo yamanzi kufuphi nayo. IWest Key inikezela ezininzi iintlobo zemisebenzi; Ukuba ufuna isenzo, isenzo, isenzo, unokujonga kwiFury, ene-jet skiing, i-para-sailing, kunye ne-snorkeling combos ukuthatha yonke imini.
Ukuba ufuna ukubeka isantya sakho kwaye ungabi namandla amaninzi, zama i-kayak enhle okanye uhambo lwe-paddleboard. I-Paddleboarding ngokwakho uhamba ngamanzi ikunika loo mizuzu ye-zen ukuxosha ebomini, umoya, ilanga kunye netyuwa. Kwaye ungabona i-manatee okanye ezimbini. Unokwazi ufikelele kwi-bar front front for bia - musa ukulibala i-sunscreen yakho okanye isikhwama. Ukuba unesimo sengqondo sobusuku obusondeleyo, ubambe intambo ye-sunset clipper yekhefu.
05 ka 08
Ukuphulaphulwa kokuMculo
I-bar ye-Hog's Sathon bar, i-Key West. © Hog's Breath Saloon Ngethuba le-Fantasy I-Fest mininzi yemivalo iye yahlala ebusweni imini nobusuku. Ezinye zeendawo ezithandwa kakhulu yiHogs Breath Saloon, iSloppy Joe's, uRick's Bar. Awukwazi ukuya kwibloko ngaphandle kokuva umculo ophilayo ovela kwindawo. Akukho nto efana nomculo omncinci ohlala kuyo ukuze uphephe umphefumlo uze uhlaziye iibhetri ngexesha unesidlo sasemanzini sasekuhlaleni kunye neziphuzo ezindala. Okuthandayo iziphuzo ezipholileyo, iintonkcozo zokuzonwabisa, kunye nesimo sokwamkela yi-Green Parrot.
06 we-08
Jabulela Abanye Ukutya Kwezitalato
Ukutya kwitalato kwiFesty Fest. © Andrea Chung Ukutya okumangalisayo kwesitalato ngenye yezinto ezibalaseleyo zokuya kwi-Fantasy Fest minyaka yonke. Uza kufumana isiTshayina, isiGrike, isiNtaliyane, isiLatini, zonke iintlobo zenyama e-skewered, i-burger, i-arepa, i-corn-on--stick, kwaye masingalilibala inja yenkomo engaphezulu-yum. I-Greek Gyro ethandwayo iza kunye no-anyanisi, i-lettuce, i-tomato, ne-yogurt yogrikhi, yayishushu ukutshisa i-grill kwi-bread ye-pita. Yidla isidlo sasemini ukuze ukwazi ukunandipha izinto ezimbini okanye ezintathu ebusuku!
Izinto zokutya zesitrato ziqhelekile zi-10 okanye ngaphantsi. Ukuba umntu uzama ukuthengisa i-arepa ye-$ 6 abaqhekezayo - ungesabi ukucima ixabiso. Abathengisi baphuma kwimini-ntambama kude kube ngehora lekusasa, yonke imihla yeFesty Fest.
07 ka 08
Yiya kumaqela aphuzileyo
Ababukeli kwiBhola ye-Headdress ka-2011. © Key West Business Guild Umdlalo weMigqibelo unokuba ngumkhangeli omkhulu kwi-Fantasy Fest, kodwa kukho ukuzonwabisa okumnandi okukhokelela kuyo, kwiimpahla zokuzonwabisa zomdlalo womdaniso kwimiboniso ye-burlesque, imibutho yama-fetish, kunye neziganeko ezizodwa apho kufuneka iingubo.
Ezinye izinto ezigqwesileyo ziquka i-Gay-tastic Headdress Ibhola, iqela lase-Ireland kwi-Finnegan's Wake (ukugqoka okuluhlaza ukuze ungene kumahhala), iqela elimangalayo kwiCaptain Tony's, kunye neCowboy's and "Cowboy's" kunye ne-Indiya ". Khangela kwakhona i-redneck party kwi-Gecko eLazy, i-Wharfstock ye-60 ye-Wharfstock kwi-Schooner Wharf, iqela lika-Sloppy likaJoe elidumile, kunye nezinye ezininzi.
Njalo ubusuku beveki zikhona izambatho-izitya zokuzikhethela ephahleni lomtya we-Garden yase-Eden. Gcina iliso kumaqhawe kaCaptain Morgan, abagqoke iingubo ezitshisa iipirate kwaye banokuxelela apho amaqela ashushu kakhulu.
08 ka 08
Ukuba sekujikelezeni
I-Key West yeTrolley yaseKapa eNdala. Ifoto © Twodolla ngeFlickr Ngethuba lemini, baxhamle abantu baxhonywe kwiibhedi zabo baze bajonge emagumbini abo. Yenza isalathiso kwi-bike-renting, i-scooter, kunye nabathengisi bemoto. Isexwayiso: awukwazi ukusela kunye ne-scooter. Kodwa unokwenza ibhayisikili kwaye uphuze ("binking"!) Bhar hop, ubambe isidlo sasemini, ubambe umculo ophilileyo, kunye noTyelelo oluPhezulu lwaseNtshona ngokuhamba ngebhayisikili - kuphela ngamakhilomitha amane ubude kunye neekhilomitha ezimbini ububanzi.
Ukuqeshiswa kwebhayisikili kunengqiqo kakhulu .. Imoto idla ngokuya kwiibhayisikili kunye nabahamba ngeenyawo, ukuvumela indawo yokuhamba ngebhayisike ekhuselekileyo.
Enye indlela enkulu yokunandipha i-Key West yintlanzi ye-trolley: jonga, hlala, uphumule kwaye ujabulele ukufunda malunga nenkcubeko kunye nembali yeeKhowudi. Qala kwaye uphume kaninzi kangangoko uthanda, banemizuzu emibini kunye nemihla ngemihla.
Uninzi lweehotele lunikela ngenkonzo yokuhamba yamahhala, kodwa oku kuphelile phakathi kwe-1 ukuya kweye-2 ubudala. Ukubamba i-cab kunokuba ngamava, kuba iFesty Fest idonsa abantu abangama-50 000+ kwisiqithi. Kungathatha wena ukuya kwimitha engama-30 ukubamba ikhabhi.
Ngamanye amaxesha abantu beendawo kunye ne-minivans banikela ngokukhwela ukuya kwiihotele kwixabiso elincinci. Qaphela, kodwa iirhafu zingaba ziphantsi nje nge-$ 10 kwi-van ezele abantu, okanye i-$ 5 ngomntu. Xa ku-3 ekuseni, ukhathele, mhlawumbi i-tipsy ne-cabs ayikho, le nto iyabonakala kakhulu. Ukuba unethamsanqa ngokwaneleyo ukubamba ikhabhi, abaqhubi bahlala beninika inombolo yabo kwaye banokukukhetha ukukuthatha ekhaya, ngoko cela ikhadi le shishini.