New Years Eve in Costa Rica

One of the first things we experienced when arriving here in Costa Rica was the way New Years Eve is celebrated.  One way to some it all up:  they LOVE fireworks!  The fireworks went off all around the city of San Jose starting about midnight and continued almost continually until 3 AM!

Here is the view from one of the buildings at our school overlooking the city.  The small streaks of light were small floating lanterns that were being launched all over the city.

 Here are a few pictures of our neighbors shooting fireworks.  They were exploding right over our "back porch".

We watched the fireworks for a little more, and then tried get some sleep even though fireworks were still going off.