Today was the big day...the first big day. I took Blaze out on the town. And what a scene she created. People stopped us to take photos. People beeped at us. People yelled at us. Cars and buses honked at us. I felt right at home:). But oh, the exhaust fumes! I could only last a couple of hours out there. Too many tourists. Too much smog. Cough cough. And hot if not in the shade. And I only captured a few shots because my camera is my map and there was so much traffic in all directions. I ran a few red lights...went down one way streets the wrong way...pictures were the last thing I needed to try to do...too.
This double currency is ripping me off and I know the difference in the currency just not the displayed prices. And they will give you the wrong change any chance they get. Today I paid $5 for a sandwich that cost $0.20. Hope it was a charity. From now on I'm giving pesos (the smaller, the National currency) unless they complain.
I did figure out my route to get the ferry on Monday. And I found the Monument to the Revolution
And before I left today, Georgina my host took a spin on Blaze. Yup, she liked her.
A friend who came here on a tour in January told me it was the poorest country she'd seen. I don't see that. Nepal, especially Kathmandu, was so much poorer. Here is like a 2nd world country...not 3rd. No, there aren't many choices on the shelves, but everyone gets food. There's obviously different classes levels of income...especially now that they can be entrepreneurs. That's all recent under Raul. Some neighborhoods are quite lovely while others are more crumbling. I'm curious as to how I'll find the rural areas.
Oh and I did see this Fort but couldn't go inside because there was no place to secure Blaze.
And I love that the stoplights have countdowns. How handy is that?!?
It certainly is different being in a country where you just can't go down to the store and get what you need. I can't replace the bungee cord. Right now the humid conditions gave chuffed my underarms quite badly and I sure could use some powder. Don't know as I'll find any of that around here. My neighborhood doesn't really have any stores as far as I can tell. There's produce stands and that's about it.
Live your dream,
BagLady
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