At the start of the year in 2018, whilst taking part in a local quiz at La Zona mini-golf, some of my friends asked me if I would like to go to see the Aguilas Carnival in February.
I had no idea what it was but accepted the invitation to go with them on the coach trip. I then looked at the information I could find online about the Aguilas Carnival, and after waiting for the day of the trip to arrive, it finally arrived. We boarded the coach in Los Alcázares, and after a long drive for a relatively short distance, we arrived as the carnival was starting. Aguilas was packed, and finding a place to get a good view was problematic.
I must have walked the entire length of the route the carnival took twice throughout the night. I will go again, but I think next time I will go for a couple of nights. It was too much of a rush going there and back in one day, and because we were on a coach and had to leave early, we missed the fireworks in the port area after the Carnival.
The parade itself was excellent, and I thought that it was well organised. The younger children who appeared in the parade were at the start of it, and adults came after the children. This allowed the children to take part in the parade without having to wait around for hours for the parade to start.