Tuxtepec Piña Lady

When you cross the Papaloapan River coming into Tuxtepec from the direction of the UNPA, at the first major intersection you find the Piña Lady. They recently repainted her - which makes me think that they repaint her every year. Before they repainted her, she looked pretty Anglo - now she's darker, but still not as brown as the real people here.
There ARE still women who dress like this, but you don't see too many of them and they are mostly old women.
I see one most mornings walking to the Tux Van to come to work. She is always walking towards me on the sidewalk, dressed in her traditional costume and wearing no shoes - but with remarkably clean feet. I'm in awe. I wear shoes and my feet get filthy.

Pretty Amsterdam

Some pretty pictures of Amsterdam. I wish it were quicker to upload photos on this thing.

Walking in Cairo

After we left Al Azhar Park, we drove back to the coffee shop and walked around some. From the shop, there is an alleyway that gives a short-cut that I ended up knowing like the back of my hand. Here is a picture of the mosque in that alley. Also I really liked this doorway - the tilework is pretty. So then we walked to one of the bridges that crosses from downtown to Zamalek (an island). You can see the boats from the bridge. These boats are electrified with loud dance music and groovy lights and fill up with people at nights. But here is my first view of them and my first view of the Nile.