The New Year started with a Bang. Of course it did as we had Fireworks like the rest of the world on New Years. I don't get excited about seeing firework because if you seen one you seen they all. However, these ones on the beach in Guayabitos were fantastic. My best description of the "finally" is a bell shaped veil of a zillion lights with other fireworks exploding inside the veil. I know it is had to picture if you never seen it but it was a great show.
After the fireworks, many people scattered for home as most old folks like us were already 2 or 3 hours past their bedtime.
I got up around 8 AM and headed back to the "party site" to help with the clean up. However, the host and hostess where not up so I waited until 9 AM and went back and their door wasn't open yet so again I waited until 9:30 and this time they where already in the cleanup mode. The standard signal is " if the door is open, they are up" if not they are probably doing something else; like sleeping.
I took the job of washing the dishes , which was mostly glasses and another party goer arrived and he did the drying. In 1/2 an hour we had the place looking respectful again.
Later in the afternoon while we were having an a drink with some friends a new arrival couple ( Smiths from Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island ) dropped into the park with their tow car only to see their site. They left their MH at a Pemex a couple miles away because they knew the streets would be crowded with the New Years tourist and it is dam near impossible to get thru. People do not use the sidewalk on the side street mainly because the shop put their wares out on them and the sidewalks are not that good, which cause the street to be crowded. We gringos don't walk on sidewalks either.
Since they had a couple of hours to kill we invited them to join us for a drink. They had been in this park 2 years ago so they where well known by most of the residence.
After a couple drink and and some travel stories the Smiths when to get their MH and we helped them get situated. Mexican parks and not like in the US or Canada. Drive thru site are non-existing and back in site require 2 or 3 people to direct and watch. Usually a new comers draws a crowd of "on-lookers " to pass judgement on your ability to maneuver your MH into the site and this was no different. However, we got them situated and everyone went back to their "beer " while the Smiths got set up.
We all returned to our Happy hour and it was suggested that we go out for a pasta supper. Before I could refuse the invitation Carroll said yes. So we (3 couples ) went to the Pasta place but it was closed so we found another one that was open. My food was not that great but the others were satisfied so that finished our 1 st day in 2019.
The day was overcast with a high of 23 C. cheers
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