Street things

Traffic is the first thing I noticed followed closely with street vendors. These people walk up and down selling everything from avocados (3 for 1.00 ripe and very nice), to ice cream, soda, water, hot coffee, plastic badge holders, candy and gum. Everything is 1.00.
There are street performers. I’ve seen them set up a slack line across the road and as you wait for the light you get a mini circus show. Jugglers are pretty popular as well.
The other street thing are parking “assistants.” These guys work a block and will help you parallel park, back up, and generally make street life manageable. Of course they work for tips. I saw similar in Uruguay but there the street assistants wore special vests and there must have been some sort of management of them.Baca selengkapnya