Thursday, 7 December 2006

Going on a trip to the Paraná Delta

The graffiti on the walls and garage doors is always one of three types: anti-semitic, anarchist or advertising a Rock Nacionál band. There are two adverts on the train looking for English-speakers to work in call centres.

The kids in the station try to grab your change when you pay for a ticket. They are loud and have dirty faces.

Tigre is very clean and has well-tended grass and lots of new buildings. This is possible because they charge a lot of money for the boatrides. The woman says the cheap tour without a compulsory meal is closed today. All the islands are private and have restaurants on them. This turns out to be false information.

The motor is loud and its sound like a blanket over other sounds. The water is thick and brown. Most of the houses are made of wood. Some are old.Families sit on porches or on the steps into the water. All have dogs. One girl is sunbathing in a bikini. The boy delivers plastic bags with shopping and bottles of water to the porches of people who aren´t in.

There are signs about an anti-road building meeting. There are no dangerous animals.

The speaker in the café is blown. The bass drum in the music makes a "plop" sound. The coffee is extremely good and made with thick cream. We don´t talk much.

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