The dicatomy of Mexico is so evident in daily life--Mexico is the 19th century running headlong into the 21st. A perfect example is the day I saw a man along side the road riding his burro and talking on his cell phone. Unfortunately I didn't have time to take a photo. However, since then I've kept my camera handy to record the peculiar things I see in Mexico; things that simply wouldn't happen in the US.
If you run out of room on your sign, just keep going on the next line . . . This sign is advertising "Coctel de Frutas con Chantilly" which translates, "Fruit Cocktail with Whipped Cream".
Here's a guy along the highway herding his burros home. The fire wood may be for heating his home during the winter or for daily cooking.
The owners extended the upper floor out over the sidewalk, not thinking that perhaps the power pole might be in the way. Can't move the pole so correct the construction to fit the circumstance.
Didn't the architect or planning department notice? What planning department? There are building codes?--not. Blueprints don't seem to be used much here either. IF there's a blueprint at a building site, no one involved in the construction can read it. There don't seem to be any building codes either. A light switch may be behind a door and anywhere from 3 to 4 feet from the floor. Oh, well . . .
ESSSSS MEXICO!
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