Every morning I ride to school through the local village. I love the village. It is the home of more than you can eat dumplings for less than an Aussie dollar. It is also the home of cheap beer Friday. However it is also the place where I feel slightly unmanned twice a day.
I can’t handle dirty and disgusting and the village has it in spades. I do my best and cope with most of the horrors the village has to offer, but the water that leaks across the road each day is too much. I try to avoid thinking about where the water comes from and why it is always in those couple of places and I usually succeed in swallowing my gorge, gritting my teeth and cautiously trucking riding on through.
The main spot is one particular corner where I cannot avoid the sluice completely and if it is particularly bad I have to ride through it for more than a few meters. I have nightmares about being splashed by one of the infrequent cars that zip by or even worse, falling off into the filthy stuff. Today however was a new challenge. It has bloddy frozen!
So now it is not only disgusting, but trecherous. I’m gonna have to find a new way to go.
Here is a pic of the village.
surely all you can eat dumplings for under $1 is worth a little raw sewage!
Comment by Dennis — November 25, 2009 @ 8:25 am
If only it was just a little raw sewage.
Comment by Zombie Master — November 25, 2009 @ 11:07 am
what, are you talking recognisable “chunks”????
Comment by Irena — November 25, 2009 @ 3:21 pm
Aah yes, got to love that quant charm of the developing nation… I should imagine you get some pretty awesome extremes in terms of living standards generally.
Comment by Trace — November 25, 2009 @ 4:30 pm
I’m sure there are no chunks, but I am not game enough to get a close look.
The extremes here are amazing. In that village there are some homes that seem to be made from stacked bricks and asbestos sheeting, while there are a couple of places that have two stories, decorative paint and courtyards with imported cars. Both of these are definitely the extremes in the village. Most of the people live between these, but are much closer top the lower end.
Comment by Zombie Master — November 25, 2009 @ 8:53 pm
Could be worse, you could live there!
Comment by Pop — November 26, 2009 @ 6:29 am
Oi! I just noticed one of the wheels fell of that blokes wheelbarrow
Comment by Dennis — November 26, 2009 @ 10:20 pm