2-19 Thursday
One night of the week's stay is arranged for the team to go out to dinner and give the host families a break. On this evening we decided to go to a traditional favorite called El Gordos (The fat one). The restaurant is in the heart of the city about a 15-20 minute drive away from our home location. We had a wonderful dinner and great conversation as we enjoyed a family style selection of local bar-b-que meats and sides.
For both safety and coordination transportation is provided for us any time we have to go anywhere. When we go to and from the homes to the clinic it is a fairly quick 5 minute non-eventful drive. When we leave the neighborhood however, it is always an adventure. Though an American license would allow you to legally drive here, it just isn't something you want to do without a good understanding of how to do it. From a first time visitor's perspective it would seem that there are no rules on the road. Easily a two lane road is regularly having 4 vehicles wide with motorcycles squeezing between very small spaces to advance. At times even pedestrians are standing or sitting in the middle of the road either pan handling or marking a particular large pothole. In any case driving is not for the weak of heart.
No comments:
Post a Comment