Flipping Burgers

I had lunch at my Pastors house yesterday and the conversation turned to the unemployment for young people here in Uruguay, about 50% I also found out that the kids who work at McDonalds make about $1 per hour. There are no overtime laws here so they work anywhere from 48-60 hours per week.

Now put this into perspective. When you go to the mall the line at McDonald's is always full of young kids. A Big Mac meals costs around 150 pesos, at an exchange rate of 22 pesos per hours thats $6.81.

The dividing line between the haves and the have nots is wide!

Nice day for a walk

It was a beautiful day for a walk, and a walk is what I did. I again took the long walk to Mercado del Puerto and still have no idea how far that is. This time I stopped at the Museo de Carnival (Carnival museum), 50 pesos, kind of surprised me as there really wasn't much to see and nothing in English.

There were to big cruise ships in port and tourists everywhere.

As I was waiting for a bus at Ciudad de Vieja I noticed a young couple that were obviously tourists trying to figure out the bus schedule. I asked them where they were going, Carrasco, don't know why, not much to see. Anyway, the bus they needed didn't stop at the bus stop we were at and I pointed them in the right direction.

Most bus stops have metal signs with the numbers of the busses that stop there, if the signs are there at all. Others have plastic signs but almost all of them have the bus numbers pealed off or missing.

I was going to walk home and as I was walking down a side street that went towards the rambla I saw a bus stopping that went to my neighborhood so I jumped on and rode home.

Baby Tero

I saw a baby Tero for the first time this morning, just thought I would mention that :  )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tero

Rhino Beetles

For a couple of weeks now I have noticed large amounts of Rhino Beetles appearing in the park near where I work.  They are on the sidewalk, a fresh bunch every morning.

Don't understand why there are so many, and why they all appear to be dying, on their backs, little feet in the air.

I thought the birds would be feasting on them, but not so.