Sunday, August 26, 2007

Marat Hali street view


This is the view from the grocery store we went to on the way home. I think we were somewhere near Marat Hali which is the closest village to where we live on the ring road near where the airport road intersects. Notice the building under construction - there are buildings going up everywhere here and they are ALL concrete. Nothing is built of wood here coz termites will destroy a building in a year.
Underneath the sign advertising personal satellite TV you will find squatters and poor roadside stall men.
Notice also the great wiring on the the power pole. Electrical safety is not one of their strong points. There is a metal lamp post in our apartment grounds that issues strong arcing sounds from it, you see guys joining 220kv lines in the street mud and melting electrical conduit together with fires. No-wonder the power goes out regularly.

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