Lets BLOW it UP!

One of the MUST HAVE items to get ready for the Chinese New Year is FIREWORKS!!  We hear China has one of the most amazing firework shows int he world because not only special events have access to fireworks, but also locals can buy pretty much anywhere. Chinese New Years lasts about 15 days and it's 15 days of non-stop fireworks until about midnight.

So this past weekend we took a one day trip to Lian Shan about 2 hours from where we live.  Lian Shan is a small town with a population of a little over 1000 people.  Our driver told us that it was the best place to buy large quantities of fireworks for the cheapest price.  The shops that surround our neighborhood mark up the prices since it is on large city grounds. 

When we arrived at the shop our eyes were wide open looking at all the goodies!  It was hard to leave after seeing how inexpensive everything was.  We spent about $100 US and it looked like we were getting ready for war.  Arturo of course was the most excited, he kept saying " I want to buy the whole store" and " My brother would go crazy if he saw this!" lol

Spanish Translation (ST):

Unas de las cosas que tiene uno que comprar para prepararse para el Año Nuevo de China son los fuegos artificiales.  La gente nos cuenta que China tiene unos del eventos mas magnificos de fuegos artificiales en el mundo.  Cualquier persona puede comprar cuetes en la cuidad, entonces ay miles de gente tronando cuetes.  El Año Nuevo de China dura 15 dias, es un evento grande.  Imginense, 15 dias de pura tronadera! he he

Este fin de semana pasado nuestro chofer nos dice que ay un lugar que venden cuetes mas barato que otros lugares.  Se llama Lian Shan, esta ha 2 horas de donde vivimos.  Lian Shan es un pueblo pequeño, tiene una poblacion de casi 1000 personas.

Cuando llegamos se nos fueron los ojos con tantos cuetes que avia.  En China todo es en cantidades grandes, so ya se imaginaran que cantidad de cuetes abia.  Gastamos $100 Americanos y compramos un monton.  Arturo nomas decia " Quiero comprar toda la tienda" y " Mi hermano se volveria loco si estuviera aqui". :) 

Wow!  That's all we can say.

ST: Wow! Es todo lo que podemos decir.

Those boxes were the mid size fireworks.

ST: Esas cajas son cuetes medianos.

This is what we ended up buying.  It may not look like a lot because everything is so well packaged but it's ALOT.  The cardboard box are the BIG fireworks.  Like the ones they use for 4th of July.  We only spend $30 US on that.

ST: Esto el lo que compramos.  Ya se que no se mira como mucho porque todo esta bien empaquado, pero si es bastante.  La caja cafe son los cuetes grandes como los que usan para el 4 de Julio.  Y nomas pagamos $30 Americanos por la caja.

Video:  http://s762.photobucket.com/albums/xx269/mlagos329/fireworks2010/

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