On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> PESO:
>
> The outskirts of Siagon go on for miles and miles and you don't think you
> will ever get out of the city. Then you get to the new suburbs where many
> housing developments are springing up around the existing shacks. The new
> houses, even though they are surrounded by lots of empty land, are all 4
> stories tall and one room wide, with no windows on the sides. The
> explanation was that that was the way townhouses were in the city,
> connected to each other, so the new subdivisions were built the same way
> but with free-standing houses. Looks kind of strange to me!
>
> http://www.pbase.com/image/155627252
>
>
>
We've seen something like that on some of the islands we visited on
cruises. And you really start to realize how good things are at home when
even the brand-new construction you see looks like an old, run-down
building.
--
Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold Auerbach
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