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Happy New Year!

I spent New Year’s eve by the beach in San Jorge, lying in a hammock, followed by a great dinner (much appreciated after days of orphanage food), a beer (much needed after a week in the third world), and dancing under the starry starry sky of Central America. 2005 was a pretty amazing year, to say the very least. Maybe later I’ll do that month-by-photo post like I did last year.

Nicaraguan New Year’s Tradition: Burning el Viejo

An old tradition is to burn the ‘old year’. Some people construct a man dressed up with very old clothes and full of gun powder which they hang up in streets and when New Year has come, they burn it.

From: http://www.vianica.com

Yeah, I prefer fireworks; watching the viejo burn was a bit creepy. More on my trip later. Hope everyone had a jubilant New Year’s eve. The past year has shown me that you never really know where life will take you next. Here’s to ’06.