Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Nov 2012: Walking the streets of Mexico City #1

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So finished work and then grabbed my camera..view of the mountains

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and the buildings

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and i head out of the room

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a little bowl of coffee beans…in front of the lift. what for?

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a little home away from home?

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the entire avenue is lined by these rather squashed statues…

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a homeless chap with his worldly belongings on a wheelchair. Sad.

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it was surprising to see the number of people homeless in this area

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I reach the angel of Independence

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nice statue

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there is a demonstration of some sorts

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and the obligatory police car

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ah! Gaza. I must have known.

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nice looking ladies…waving the Palestinian flag

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And there it was, the star of david, Ya Basta Israel…with bloody arms

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nicely done

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and heh, the swastika is the wrong one…wrong direction and the fact that they are associating with Nazism immediately plonked this entire exercise into the amusement category. Morons.

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sighs…

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the monument has some monumental figures..

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more flag waving

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Allah wont save Palestine. If its happening and Allah is all powerful, then presumably the situation in Palestine is his design? :P

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and the scarf :)

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this time the swastika is the right way but its supposed to be tilted…

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she is looking pensive

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smiling at something…

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i climb up the stairs

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with somebody drawing on the steps

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Im glad to see the back of it?

i move along..

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