Monday, October 20, 2014

         Mondays are great!  They are the only day of the week that we have a little break although if we have to get groceries, they are almost as busy as any other day.  But today we just stayed here and took care of house-keeping items.  Glade did go to Casa Campo to exercise, however. 

         We walked down to the bakery (actually it is a bread store to us since that is their staple unless you special order something like cinnamon rolls) about 12:30.  I carried my phone and took some photos.  Some of these scenes you have seen before, but I love the clouds and couldn’t resist “snapping” them again.  

This is inside our bakery.
I'm grateful for the net covering although we rarely see flies, etc.

The girl on the right is bagging our four loaves of bread.
She just ran them through the slicer at the far right of the photo.
They send the bread with us in paper bags along with
plastic bags and twist ties to use after they have cooled a bit.

This is the inside of the bakery.  It is very small and gets very, very warm.
The oven is on the left and you can see loaves baking through the glass.
Can't you just smell the aroma of fresh-baked bread?

The is the store front of the bakery.  Notice the reflection of the temple on the glass.

This is the pharmacy two doors down from the bakery.  Everything is caged
and the clerk works from a tiny opening in the counter.

This is across the street to the south of the bakery.

This is the street that runs on the west side of the Garden Place Center.
The little outfit on the street in the foreground is a type of cheap taxi.
It has open sides--no doors--and resembles a golf cart.

This view is north of the bakery.

This street runs in front of the temple complex and this view looks west.
Notice all the power cables--they are everywhere!  

The Garden Place!

Back to the pharmacy--Glade is requesting an antibiotic from the pharmacist
which you can purchase here without a prescription.
Notice the little ice cream vending area to the left.

Yes--there he goes to check out the frozen treats!

Another store front near the pharmacy which sells North American products.
 It is a very small store and the items are quite expensive

This is (almost) directly across from the bakery--looking south.

Looking east across the city.  In the next few photos you can see the storm clouds forming for tonight's rains.

More clouds gathering in the west.
You can also see my fun little trees that have some fall coloring.
However, the leaves never drop.

We are heading back up the hill with our bread.  Glade is getting way ahead of me
because I keep stopping to get pictures of the clouds!!

Just another cloud

You can see the airplanes in the center of the photo.
You can tell what a short runway this famous airport has!

The drought was really hard on some of the flowering plants, but this one and others are
coming back with help from the life-renewing rains that have drenched the ground.

More clouds over the Guest House where we live.
There were men on the roof this morning sweeping and cleaning.

This lady guard is stationed at the door to our residence building
for a shift every day and always opens the doors for us.

I looked out our living room window and saw these two guards perched on this wall checking out some issue or another!  I took this through the screen on the window--amazing to me it even turned out.

Good Night Everyone--