For those who enjoy shopping malls, here is a good place to visit ....
www.wem.ca
Possibly the largest mall on the planet.
jh
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From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 30/12/2010: the Puerto Rico that few tourists
see
I agree with you wholeheartedly, Nathan, about the sterile (and homogeneous)
nature of malls; that's big business for you, and supermarkets are some of
the worst places for this.
But thanks for the smiling faces in these shots.
Chris
On 31 Dec 2010, at 11:55, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I detest the sanitized shopping malls and strip malls which abound in
> Puerto Rico, and I stay away from the fast-food chains which also abound
> here. The influence from the mainland is not always benign. But yesterday
> afternoon my brother-in-law took me and my son to a roadside restaurant in
> San Lorenzo, a small town inland where most of my wife's family lives. We
> had a local snack called alcapurrias:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1142376378_Fa7vP-O-LB
>
> This is my kind of place, for sure. And this impression was further
> confirmed when we were treated to a couple of shots of the local
> moonshine, cañita, at the end:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1142376461_u5EAr-O-LB
>
> These are the kind of places and experiences I seek when I travel, rather
> than the sterile beachside resorts which dominate the coast around the
> capital San Juan and are no different than similar horrible places
> elsewhere in the world.
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