I agree with you wholeheartedly, Nathan, about the sterile (and homogeneous)
nature of malls; that's big business for you, and supermarkets are some of the
worst places for this.
But thanks for the smiling faces in these shots.
Chris
On 31 Dec 2010, at 11:55, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I detest the sanitized shopping malls and strip malls which abound in Puerto
> Rico, and I stay away from the fast-food chains which also abound here. The
> influence from the mainland is not always benign. But yesterday afternoon my
> brother-in-law took me and my son to a roadside restaurant in San Lorenzo, a
> small town inland where most of my wife's family lives. We had a local snack
> called alcapurrias:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1142376378_Fa7vP-O-LB
>
> This is my kind of place, for sure. And this impression was further confirmed
> when we were treated to a couple of shots of the local moonshine, cañita, at
> the end:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1142376461_u5EAr-O-LB
>
> These are the kind of places and experiences I seek when I travel, rather
> than the sterile beachside resorts which dominate the coast around the
> capital San Juan and are no different than similar horrible places elsewhere
> in the world.
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