New Year in Paramaribo 10

Some hours later, we returned to our apartment to eat and rest, planning to go out to a bar later.
Once the sun set the tradition for fireworks continued in earnest.
We had been told that this year 200 containers of fireworks had been imported into Paramaribo in readiness for the new year. From about 6pm onwards, the explosions, principally firecrackers and bangers, never stopped. The air became foggy, the smell of gunpowder everywhere. From every garden, along every street and back lane came the sounds of fireworks.

Arrangements were changed, drinks and crisps bought from the convenience store opposite, and the night was spent by Tessa, out in the garden watching, and by me, hiding in the apartment.
We drank a New Year toast (local time) at 8pm for the Netherlands, 9pm for England and Midnight for Suriname. By 1pm we had collapsed into some sort of sleep.

The fireworks continued- 200 containers' worth of stock to get through!