NYE

Today or rather tonight will be New Years Eve.
But we start the day with, well sleeping long into the day. It takes some time till we get going. All we have to eat are some fruit loops.

So we decide to go to the mall to buy some food. Everything is a little chaotic, so we leave 2 people behind. After a few hundred meters a guy stops us on the street to give us a failing piece we need to install the gas for cooking. So we go back to leave the stove at the house and take the 2 left behind with us.

At the mall we buy all kinds of food, drinks, a ball to play. A little late, but they even have a cute Christmas coke girl there. Guess many people do not speak English here.

At home again we try to connect the gas, but the pipe and one of the connecting pieces do not work. So we go to the store to buy more tools, but without success. So the last option is to connect the gas directly to the stove.

Meanwhile some of others play soccer outside.

Oh I did not tell, but we are going to have Hamburgers.

So the first thing to do is to make a chilly sauce. ;)

heat the chillies

mix the chillies

add oil, salt and garlic

Meanwhile the guys are singing....

for those who cannot watch the video...

<Click here> link to the video

Meanwhile the Hamburgers are prepared.

on the left is Lazcano our cook ;)

For NYE we head to the beach. Tavo is already that drunk, that he wants to open the door of the van while driving to shout at people.

As always everything is really relaxed here in Mexico. To find a good spot for viewing the fireworks we just ask people for a good spot. It seems everyone is giving different directions, but we make our way.

Clark sets of to buy little fireworks, that we light and then hold in our hands just till they take off, so we throw them in the air with perfect timing. ;)

Just before midnight we form a circle to say our wishes for the next year.

We picked a good spot, fireworks are just fired about 20 meters from us.

as you see, the fireworks are just coming down right in front of us

view to the south of Manzanillo

After some time we make our way home. Most of us are wasted.

Tavo asks me to tell him which girl looks good, because he wants to talk to them for me.... haha He tells me, I just need to say "Hola bonita" or something and grab them at their hip. Because I'm exotic I they will not resist. hahaha What a thing to say.