• Night of New Year & New Year's Day 2024I

    Jan 1–2, 2025 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    It's traditional on the night of New Year's Eve to get hold of some alcoholic beverage and hang out with the (other) children staying up late to usher in the new year. So I did - the local beer is disgusting, but I always suffer for my art.
    The photos are partly from yesterday night, and today's visit to one of the nearby 'cenotes' - the sink holes that form across the Yukutan and fill up with ground water.
    Yes, I did join in with others shouting 'happy new year' at the turn of the year, no the fireworks were poor (but someone tried), and yes I went for a swim in the cenote. Very odd, gin-clear, cold and good fun.
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