After a well earned rest we then prepared for New Years. We had been seeing many paper dolls on the streets for days. Then during the day of New Years Eve we went for a walk to see what was happening in the streets. There were guys dressed up as women blocking traffic and people had to pay a toll in order to walk or drive past, very funny! There were masks for sale that people wore. Why? Who knows? We saw stands with very political messages and many people driving their cars
with dolls attached somehow to the car, apparently the thing to do. As night time approached, Evie had a sleep for a while before we all headed to Evasion to bring on the new year. My what a lot of noise and smoke. People lit their dolls at midnight and began the traditional jumping of the burning doll. During all this there were firecrackers going off all over the place. We started to head home around 1am and were very surprised at how quiet this place had become. Appart from a burst of fireworks at 3am it was relatively silent,
such a nice change to what it can be when there are parties.
What a couple of weeks we've had!! Normally we prepare for one late night (New Years) in Australia, this year however brought two late nights. Christmas here is celebrated on the 24th with a dinner around 10 or 11pm followed by present opening at midnight. Evie had a blast, so did we when she slept till 9am the following morning. We are grateful for our Pastor and his family for welcoming us into his home on a day which is very much a family affair.
After a well earned rest we then prepared for New Years. We had been seeing many paper dolls on the streets for days. Then during the day of New Years Eve we went for a walk to see what was happening in the streets. There were guys dressed up as women blocking traffic and people had to pay a toll in order to walk or drive past, very funny! There were masks for sale that people wore. Why? Who knows? We saw stands with very political messages and many people driving their cars 
with dolls attached somehow to the car, apparently the thing to do. As night time approached, Evie had a sleep for a while before we all headed to Evasion to bring on the new year. My what a lot of noise and smoke. People lit their dolls at midnight and began the traditional jumping of the burning doll. During all this there were firecrackers going off all over the place. We started to head home around 1am and were very surprised at how quiet this place had become. Appart from a burst of fireworks at 3am it was relatively silent, 
such a nice change to what it can be when there are parties. 
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