One reason I indulge myself on a daily basis is because the weather is usually great and there is always something new, no matter how minor, for me to see and discover. But I have caused a fair amount of confusion by consistantly refusing rides from friends who honestly think that they are offering me a favour!
One gentleman, Mr. Leno, is a taxi driver who lives on my street and though I have made use of him professionally for airport runs and trips to the Estadio Deposito for cases of beer (he'll carry them up the stairs for me) he simply doesn't understand my passion for the freedom of walking. I can't count the times he's pulled over and tried to give me a ride when he's spotted me en route to El Centro and he has even gone to the extent of assuring me that it would be a free ride. A free ride from a taxi driver? Unheard of here in La Ceiba... So, I enjoy our little conversations, make my good byes and head off walking again...
Walking also means that I can waunder off the main routes, do some exploring, learn a little more about this city that I live in and use my camera for the most ridiculous purposes. I've written about concrete construction in La Ceiba, but during one of my "waiting for the laundry" walks found this little place tucked away out of sight and snapped away merrily simply because the man working was actually using a breathing mask! It's the first time I've ever seen someone working with concrete making use of safety equipment and was a real surprise to me.
If you want better detail from the pictures in this blog, just click on the photo and it will enlarge itself for you - I'm very slowly learning how to make use of Blogger, now if I could just convince the cyber gremlins to leave me alone....
2 comments:
So nice to see you are having the time of your life. The sticks under the roof of the photo of columns being worked on are hopefully bigger than they look!!
Read your blog and all that you are up too, keep in touch. Carli
Life is basically very selfish... eat, rest, write when I want; have a couple good friends when I want company and the heat helps ease the chronic pain so I'm just happier... And no, what you see is it! Construction is rather "free form" here!
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