New Years Cartagena

New Years eve was different for me this year, I went to the town of Trabaco with three other couples. Kathy and Dan Suzy and John plus Jan and Bill. We stayed in this picturesque Spanish style hotel outside of the town of Trabaco. During the afternoon there was a bullfight taking place. This one was a little different because it is and audience participation event, if you want you can go in the arena and run with the bulls when they are let out. Which meant in this case, a lot of people try not to get gored or run over by the bulls. The arena is a huge wooden contraption with at least six mariachi brass bands playing loudly and a huge crowd of people in the arena and the stands yelling and having a great time as they antagonize the bull into cashing them around the ring. After several bulls were let out we went into town to watch the fireworks and mingle in the crowds in the main square. It seems that every one in the countryside came out to the festival and set up a booth of some sort. Food, games of chance, beer, and children's games, with a large smattering of souvenirs , And then the fireworks. They do not hold back on fireworks it just goes on and on through out the night.