Saturday, March 15, 2008
TAXI RIDE IN LIMA
Buenos Dias!
Destination-FDR School
Taxi driver studies map
Hablas espanol?
Un poco
Driver studies map again
Five minutes later-We're off!
Shoe shiners outside hotel
Bicycle carts with ice cream
Police stand guard on every street
Car horns blow friendly warnings
Red Light Circus-jugglers and man selling brightly colored wrapped candy
Towering plumeria tree bending over a fence
Stop for directions
U-turn
Third floor window washer fanning herself
Small non-airconditioned buses packed with workers
Large airconditioned buses packed with tourists
Giant red Nescafe cup atop an apartment building
Tile mosaic of Inca dancers along the highway
Stop for directions
Pink Hibiscus bush spread against stucco fence
Purple Lantana spilling over a balcony
Blue plumbago, pink oleanders, golden day lilies
Taxi slows, then...
Backs up, backs up, backs up
FDR School, at last!
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