-The plants.
You get caught up in the rush of living, and stop noticing these details.
Yesterday, we went to clean up an old storage space we had in another part of the city, as the person that let us use it for more than one year wanted it back.
I was sitting, looking around to search for something, when it struck me........the plants are fantastic!
In Europe they are only growing in pots, and they are in small sizes...here there are cacti growing near walls, palms of all sizes on the sides of the streets, huge aloe vera plants everywhere....very exotic
You can see in the picture a banana tree.
-The animals
Lizards in particular. All over the place.Even in the house (a small white type)--the picture is taken in ours.
On the streets you can see some big ones, bigger than the size of a human palm, green with small red dots on the nose.
Men.
Men here have a very "libidinos" way of acting (I believe the word in english is "sleezy") with women.
Actually they are very rude and intrusive. In times like these I am glad not to be a woman.
-Cars
Yesterday we went in a carrito publico that was in such a crappy condition that I wondered if the door will not fall while driving.
You can try to imagine a car that is at least 20 years old, making horrendous noise, with no tapestry at all on the doors, with an iron bar instead of window handle, doors not opening from inside....holes in the metal.... It's a miracle they are even running.
On the other hand, you can see next to you while driving: a brand new Porsche Cayenne Turbo S, new Mercedes S Klass, all types of Lexus, and all types of 4X4.
Typical of 3rd world countries, they have a lot of expensive cars that belong to the few that are extremely wealthy. While at the same time countless motorcycles running back and forth. Most of them are in deplorable condition, but they have also some brand new high speed racers.
In the picture you can see a Cayenne in custom color surrounded by guaguas (motorcycles that you use when you want to kill yourself).
Trust me....you see these things in the movies and think that they are images of the past.
Nope....reality is even more scary than that :)
-Banks
I had a shock when being told that the account statement the
bank gives you is.....written BY HAND in a small notebook (like the one you had in school to receive grades).
They have no money counters in the banks and EVERYTHING is done manually.
And....the best...... checks take TWO WEEKS TO CLEAR....TWO WEEKS........you can already smell the free money right?
Imagine all the deposits, swaps and liquidity freedom these guys have :)
As we use to joke last year....these fiscal paradises are big washing machines......and we have Citi here also (the tall building in the back)
-Fruits and vegetables
They are very simmilar, with the major difference that they are smaller, more shriveled and not as "good looking" as what we see in Europe.
On the other hand, they taste more natural and actually have more flavor.
In the picture you can see how oranges look here.
-Services
Here most of the things are delivered at your home (drinking water, food, gas for cooking---some buildings, like ours, are not connected to the gas pipes) surprisingly fast.
In 20 min max since calling you get it.
Much better than back home.
-Clothing
Image is extremely important for these people, so everyone is dressed very nice.
Not flashy, with quite good taste I would say, and they look like taken out of the box.
Really, I am surprised how much care they take of themselves.
Some pictures of views from the terrace of the bedroom
Here is my desk.
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