Before You Die: Carnival in Port of Spain by Sean Thomas

Experience carnival in the Port of Spain, Trinidad, in late February/early March. Less touristy than Rio, less commercialised than New Orleans, more wild and abandoned than either, Trinidad hosts one of the world’s greatest, must-see, must-dance carnivals every spring. Particularly groovy is the pre-dawn Bacchanal of Jouvert, when semi-naked voodoo-esque figures patrol the streets throwing mud and blood at onlookers.