We are still in Morelia, MX. Here is how Dr. Seuss very perfectly put the place we are in……
The Waiting Place…for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or No or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting.
I sure hope this box arrives before Friday. We are waiting for the heaven sent post man to deliver a box with a new tent Will has let Oki borrow since we found out his in no longer water resistant. Currently, the box is in customs (hopefully still containing everythign we sent for) we will wait till Friday and if by then we can’t track it we will leave without it.
While waiting the other day we met some protesters outside the Grand Cathedral in the city center. They were protesting the Federal Government because it had closed their place of employment over 9 months ago without warning and they are left jobless. As the story goes Labour Unions here in Mexico sometimes demand higher wages, rights and more from the government. They are huge and often very powerful with of course corruption. The President Fellipe Calderon had decided to shut down the union along with the electric company Luz y Fuerza. Luz y Fuerza employed hundreds of peole and a great percentage of the town of Tepuxtepec, MX. Oscar spent a day with the protesters who were looking for solidarity in the great plaza. We heard them talk about their struggles to survive without a job, they told us of their inability to find other jobs because of the black list they have become part of due to the President’s actions. Some people have commited suicide, others slipped into deep depression and almost all of the children belonging to these families no longer attend school because their families can not afford it.
I think its great that they are uniting. However, I am overwhelmed by the unfairness I see daily. I see machismo, and inequality of women, bribery with police and government an now unfair lay offs and muder by the Federal government. I spent one day being quite sad and at the same time very grateful for where I grew up. I can’t fix it all. It’s hard to pass through so many communities in need. To recognise their struggles and pedal past. I know I can’t fix it all so I am at ease with supporting them with my presence and telling their story.
It’s difficult to face so vivedly and often the inequalities of life
Writes Rita Golden Gelman in her book Tales of a Female Nomad: Livivng at Large in the World. I am in complete accord with her. Here are our latest fotos and I leave you with Dr.Seuss and his grand wishes for us.
No! That’s not for you!
Somehow you’ll escape all that waiting and staying. You’ll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing. With banner flip-flapping, once more you’ll ride high! Ready for anything under the sky. Ready because you’re that kind of a guy!
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The Waiting Place
We are still in Morelia, MX. Here is how Dr. Seuss very perfectly put the place we are in……
I sure hope this box arrives before Friday. We are waiting for the heaven sent post man to deliver a box with a new tent Will has let Oki borrow since we found out his in no longer water resistant. Currently, the box is in customs (hopefully still containing everythign we sent for) we will wait till Friday and if by then we can’t track it we will leave without it.
While waiting the other day we met some protesters outside the Grand Cathedral in the city center. They were protesting the Federal Government because it had closed their place of employment over 9 months ago without warning and they are left jobless. As the story goes Labour Unions here in Mexico sometimes demand higher wages, rights and more from the government. They are huge and often very powerful with of course corruption. The President Fellipe Calderon had decided to shut down the union along with the electric company Luz y Fuerza. Luz y Fuerza employed hundreds of peole and a great percentage of the town of Tepuxtepec, MX. Oscar spent a day with the protesters who were looking for solidarity in the great plaza. We heard them talk about their struggles to survive without a job, they told us of their inability to find other jobs because of the black list they have become part of due to the President’s actions. Some people have commited suicide, others slipped into deep depression and almost all of the children belonging to these families no longer attend school because their families can not afford it.
I think its great that they are uniting. However, I am overwhelmed by the unfairness I see daily. I see machismo, and inequality of women, bribery with police and government an now unfair lay offs and muder by the Federal government. I spent one day being quite sad and at the same time very grateful for where I grew up. I can’t fix it all. It’s hard to pass through so many communities in need. To recognise their struggles and pedal past. I know I can’t fix it all so I am at ease with supporting them with my presence and telling their story.
Writes Rita Golden Gelman in her book Tales of a Female Nomad: Livivng at Large in the World. I am in complete accord with her. Here are our latest fotos and I leave you with Dr.Seuss and his grand wishes for us.