{"id":1870,"date":"2009-01-20T23:32:55","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T04:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/18\/and-back-to-new-years-eve-or-should-i-say-new-years-month"},"modified":"2009-01-19T00:01:24","modified_gmt":"2009-01-19T05:01:24","slug":"and-back-to-new-years-eve-or-should-i-say-new-years-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/2009\/01\/20\/and-back-to-new-years-eve-or-should-i-say-new-years-month","title":{"rendered":"And back to New Years Eve, or should I say new years month?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we approached Christmas, it seemed like nothing really changed.\u00c2\u00a0 Being close to the equator, no snow was falling, no Christmas trees were decorated, and while the spirit of Christmas was still in the air, its presence was was more known than felt.\u00c2\u00a0 South America seems to keep Christmas as more of a religious and family holiday, but the introverted family times turn into an absolute free for all once the bell rings in the new year.\u00c2\u00a0 We believed the New Years celebration in Banos, Ecuador was at the top of the charts for festivals and parties we have encountered since we started, but the inaugural new years night night has now turned into a month of festivals.<\/p>\n

It is not that these festivals and celebrations are planned in any way that makes them more extravagant or interesting.\u00c2\u00a0 It really is more about the people and the level of tolerance that these cities have to accomplish a full city takeover event.\u00c2\u00a0 For us, we started New Years \"PC300156\" Day thinking, “excellent we will go canyoning today, have a good dinner and do the usual…go out, have a bunch of drinks, maybe champagne at new years and call it a day.” A few people I ran into the week before told me stories about how Banos is still a fun party with many people in the streets, but that it is tame compared to a lot of other places in Ecuador. A specific reference from a couple of US expat river guides explained, “It is a lot more calm than the beach town we were in last year, we really like it here because it is still wild but not completely insane.”<\/p>\n

That morning when we left with our guide to go canyoning, I could not have been more excited…we were on our way to the canyon in the jungle, a wild, but not insane party was scheduled for later, and the Monte Selva Spa was waiting to dip in before heading out for the night. The canyon turned out to be excellent. \"PC300159\" The start was a 30 foot jump into a pool no wider than 10 feet with a waterfall above and below the pool. I looked to the guide and he told me, “You must jump out there, but not too far, or you will be in the shallow part.”\u00c2\u00a0 Okay doesn’t sound too bad, I thought. He continued, “The current is very strong, so you need to swim away from the fall so you do not get sucked under, but be careful to not go to far and fast or you will end up over the other fall.”\u00c2\u00a0 That other fall was about 60 feet.<\/p>\n

Adrenaline pumping, we all started our New Years Eve morning with a death defying jump into the first pool.\u00c2\u00a0 One after another we jumped while the guide was harnessed in tossing a rope to each one of us to help make sure we did not take a plungoroo over the second fall.\u00c2\u00a0 The next step had all of us lined up for a guided rappel off of the second fall.\u00c2\u00a0 Since I used to guide canyons, I acted as the assistant guide rigging the top of this maneuver and our guide, Daniel, rigged the bottom. I was a little rusty mistying the appropriate knot about 5 times, while Darrell, Craig and Bouey watched me.<\/p>\n

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Likely this did not inspire confidence for their descent on this line 60 feet above the ground relying on my doble ocho knot as they call it down here, but hey, it had been well over a year since we last did a canyon and a good 4-5 since I tied that knot.\u00c2\u00a0 And since I am writing this blog now, obviously the knot worked out.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_0010\"Another few rappels later we reached the bottom of the canyon where it opened up to the big river at the bottom of the main valley. With six or seven pools along the side of the river there was a path making its way back up to the top where we parked the truck. As we followed the path, we could see that the pools were full of huge trout. This was a fish farm and the owner was right there tending to his fish.\u00c2\u00a0 We said hello, Daniel and the guide were friends, so we all shook hands and went to the top.\u00c2\u00a0 After getting out of our wetsuits and gear, Daniel informed us that we needed to pay a dollar each for parking.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 We talked to the owner of the restaurant\/trout farm and he agreed that we could have some food and beers in place of the parking fee.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_0018\"An hour later all of our mouths were salivating to one of the best smells that has ever passed my nostrils. Four huge fresh trout that had just been snatched from the pools were on the grill getting basted with marinade and the owner was overjoyed to be filmed as we thanked him over and over again for fixing the best trout any of us had ever had. With full bellies we were on our way back to town smiling and talking about the night ahead. On the way we were stopped by a transvestite rebel roadblock, well actually many of them.\u00c2\u00a0 It seems that the time honored tradition for males in Ecuador is to dress up as women for new years, stop passing cars and try to get a toll of pocket change out of them.<\/p>\n

At first it is a little uneasy when a bunch of young guys with short skirts stop your car, talk like women and generally get up in your business. The first time they do this you have no idea what is what to think, but as time goes on you learn to just roll the windows up and push your way through.\u00c2\u00a0 Then come the kids that are dressed up as a myriad of other things from princesses to gorillas, all with their hand out as well.\u00c2\u00a0 As the night progresses on, more and more lunatics come out dressed up, some even have props like fake construction road blocks.<\/p>\n

By the time 9 or 10 o’clock comes around the streets are crawling with tons of people, stages are setup with music playing, and the streets are lined with paper mache statues of cartoons, super heroes, villains and more.\u00c2\u00a0 Two story Homer Simpsons, Spidermans, Jokers and more were painted up and ready for…And that was our question. \"PC310221\" What is the deal with these?\u00c2\u00a0 Why are they all over?\u00c2\u00a0 Why has everyone put so much work into seemingly random temporary statues?\u00c2\u00a0 Then we found a haunted house, which turned out to be one of the better ones I have ever gone to. It was raising money for the church, with a bunch of wackos running around with chainsaws, mad scientist get-ups, and people sawed in half lying on the pavement.\u00c2\u00a0 Very Christian.<\/p>\n

As the night led on, and midnight approached, we started to get a little bored.\u00c2\u00a0 How much longer would everyone run around dressed up like trannies and monsters before something cool would happen?\u00c2\u00a0 Just about the time the boredom was setting in, the grand finale came. Fireworks started going off everywhere, but not the professional high in the sky kind, no no, the watch out it is coming for your head kind.\u00c2\u00a0 Or the run of the mill, ouch that firecracker just blew up a little too close to my ear kind.\u00c2\u00a0 So our next move-buy some of our own. Darrell ran over to the vendor on the street, got a handful, and we were pyromaniacs for the next half hour. When the chaos of it all progressed after midnight, the moment we had been waiting for arrived.<\/p>\n

All of our questions were answered as every last statue was thrown down into the street, doused with fuel of various kinds and lit on fire.\u00c2\u00a0 \"PC310230\" By now the streets were more of a warzone than a fiesta, but it did not matter because this level of excitement is by far the most radical way to ring in the new year that I have ever seen. Children of all ages running free with bottle rockets, roman candles, sparklers and more, this was something I always dreamed of as a young boy, and 20 some years later, there I was.<\/p>\n

For the last 3 weeks, since we left Ecuador, there has been either a festival we have attended or heard about at least once a week. Rodeos, music festivals, food festivals, you name it, they’ve got it. After the New Years extravaganza it seemed that there could be no way to top it, but only 6 days later we were at the Negro y Blanco festival,<\/a> then we recently passed another few festivals from Cali all the way here to Cartagena. Unknown as to what the reason is yet, last night, the high in the sky kind of fireworks were going off.\u00c2\u00a0 Tonight the square just down the street is full of people, yet again, as I write this at 11 pm. It just does not stop, and I don’t know how they all keep it up. I think that this is maybe just the pre-party, because Carnival is in just another couple of weeks.\u00c2\u00a0 Crazy times here in the Southern continent.<\/p>\n

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A new years rebel checkpoint attendant<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Run kids, Darrell has bottle rockets!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Notice the calmness of the people while the streets are on fire<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Just hanging out at the fiesta<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fiesta or battleground?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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