3 Aug 2008

That is not the solution

Guayaquil, the second biggest city in Ecuador. The place where inequalities are most obvious. New white walls of the Las Peñas quarter try to hide reality. Poor, dirty houses. Mr Nebot is trying to create an irrealistic oasis poverty-free, crime-free, dirt-free, ... That is not the solution. Conceling dirtiness, poverty and crime does not make them disappear. I was even told off twice for taking my shoes off by a nice policeman. I wonder if there is nothing else they can be work for, apart of telling off hot and tired tourists.

Some outrageous photos: