Antipodes 2010

Here's my waaaaaay overdue post on my weekend at the Greek Festival.

Saturday

Was wandering around the city when I stumbled across this sight:

Schtick carnie atmosphere, with cheap rides and dated games stalls. Perfect.

Korean Potato Twister...

...is no match for Greek Meat Tornado!

Man hawking his bubblegun by creating copious amounts of bubbles. It makes squeaky screeching noises like a rabid pokemon too.

Walking...

Why it's a stage! With a huge screen!

And belly dancers! Gyrating hips ftw

Greek singer segment, singing a song about power of women. They roped in an audience member (in pink) to bellydance too.

Stall about an art school for kids. Gotta love the sailor getup

Chicken and Lamb souvlaki sticks, cold-ish but still awesome tasting

Some re-enactment of the Greek Independence War, it all sounded like Greek to me. *rimshot*

Calamari cone, again, fresh good seafood but slightly marred by the cold weather.

The best carnival game. Of. All. Time. Basically you toss $1 coins at the board, and if your coin stops in a circle on the images of the banknotes, you win the corresponding value ($50 for the one in the middle and $20 for the 4 others). Crazy lucrative I must say, as I stood there watching suckers part with their dollars.

Sunday

Back to the festival again as I had nothing better to do. A lot more people present today than it was the day before. I blame Sundays.

A wild friendly Toga Giant appears! ...And disappears into the crowd.

Scrumptious Paella. Nothing like golden seafood rice to fill the ol' tum.

Brazilian churrascaria (sp?) with its delectable spread of skewered meats...mmm...

There's some competition ongoing at the moment, some dance endurance. The last dancer standing wins 2 tickets to Greece on Qatar airways. (A dude won btw)

Run kid run!

It's the infernal spawn of Chef Boyardee and the Pilsbury Doughboy! The policemen cower before his awesome presence!

He brandishes his nefarious Tongs of Doom!

But wait! The Toga Giant reappears! The clash of the titans commences! (Well actually they just hugged and posed for photos.) They're actually crowd control of sorts, the Toga Giant helped this lost kid find his parents together with the policemen.

Bellydance workshop. Cane on head = ??? The chick was pretty hot though, the one holding the cane in the third pic, not the one on stage, mind you. Oh and I blame the mother in the foreground for overexposure of my images.

So that was my weekend. Nothing like good food and free entertainment to while the time away!