New Year’s Eve Celebrations from our Apartment Building

We were told not to miss the fireworks displays all around us on New Year’s Eve. We spent the evening with friends, introducing them to our favorite movie, “Sahara.” Then at about 11:45 the explosions around us began. Honestly, it sounded like we were in a war zone. There are not designated places to go watch fireworks here, everyone just goes out into the streets to set them off. And it sounded like everyone in town was doing it. From our balconies and windows we could see 360 degrees with arial bursts in every direction. It was amazing and rather spectacular.

The fireworks went on without a pause for a solid 30 minutes, then they thinned a bit, but contined until 1:00 a.m. We watched people on the street right below us shooting rockets off, some even hit our apartment building!