Mexicali Two Views: Arriba, Calle Colon, which goes to the international border, and down the street Argentina, where col. Cuahutemoc, a traditional residential areas of Mexicali ... (Photos taken from the blog: ... on the blog soycachanilla.com establishing the credit of the various anonymous authors and not of the various photographs collected x east)
Life in Exile
This represents the live in Mexicali
For Annouck
Outside are 83 degrees Fahrenheit, which are still about 32 degrees Celsius or so, sufficient temperature for a chilango starts to sweat and feel skin was burning, as more than heat, the sun scorching, which breathes and perceived in the environment.
Business by Justo Sierra Blvd.
Circle south to north by Benito Juarez, Justo Sierra (the closest thing to the walk of reform perhaps for us, keeping the equivalence) while watching their own businesses, streets empty, and traffic dead.
many people have asked me what the quake, which was that we play in this area, an earthquake almost equivalent to the City of Mexico, data 'official' of 7.6 - when we all know that was much higher, 8.1 - and also, here in Mexicali, the supposed official 7.2 - that maybe he made the stop to the gringos Osuna Millan but its effects were precisely as a 7.6 or maybe a little more - still, the whole town goes to his head.
As explain. Explaining that while life seismic fault has disrupted the life of the city, also the people, events, everything changes.
Easter Sunday. As Rius said, if Christ returned say "Repent you bastards!" Often substitute, has taken us before.
Oxxo by col. undetermined. fences my house, down the street Brazil or Argentina, another oxxo fell off too ...
This business is by tree and street course centric J. .. q known ... I was a furniture ... Valley being the most affected zone, as ever more grinding people with problems endemic to many, many decades into disrepair, the glitz of "SolidaridadSalinista" abandoned long , long time, the field is screwed because he was not reversed because it is not 'profitable' to help a few 'farmers and their little farm 'of cochito and 2-3 cows, where it is much more' prosperous' being invested in major agricultural industries gallon. Pure cotton, wheat and alfalfa. The raffle sold, whether the cotton is being genetically engineered for a change, and pests become more strong one.
Two views of the Earthquake in Ejido Nuevo Leon, where the Cerro Prieto geothermal plant ... This plant in turn with accusations of pollution and deterioration according to environmental studies UABC ...
And still 'unprofitable' field, then come the ejido sales and purchases terrenotes huge mass, which was what happened here in the Mexicali Valley, where the accelerated conversion of ejidos in Microgite social interest has increased exponentially, directly proportional to the abandonment of the homes had ham, given the high level of poverty - the famous houses are being 'bedroom' because it is the only thing they serve - and crime is growing exponentially as well, given the null value of the maquiladoras, new factories and aspiring unemployed thugs in power.
Famous Civic Center parking lot was not safe ... and materials malconstruido second ... And it was for members of the gob. state? not that good that came to inaugurate and collapsed before ...
In Mexicali, gets a lot better to sell tacos and hot dogs. Everybody knows that. The food industry, new factory of fat, especially since the advent of large fast food chains. Welcome McDonald's, Carl's Jr., Burger King and Dominos Kentuckys. All fast food is now. Not tasty even, at times. I dislike the food at times, and yet there still and keep going.
But more fattening beer, made of fat and true addicts, the 'Mexican joy' that recently began Lips to engage more young and tender age - until the girls are now 'roll' by too much beer. And welcome to the beer, its use and abuse, and vulgarity patanería, new fashions among young people, even the girls in 'age of merit', that would tell by grandparents.
And to see who gets more time to dance on the bar with minifaldita, and see who lasts longer standing loggerhead getting his throat, until you get it in spurts through the nose. Overall, it's just a game ... Insurance ¿?
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The city does not scare out of their lethargy, shock to the very foundations of society, due to tremendous wave, the wave of the earth. The land is still alive, although in spite of men.
the Ring of Fire is a string of points where volcanic activity and earthquakes are at ground level, forming a sort of 'ring 'around the Pacific Ocean. Due to recent events, which you name. like "global warming-rising solar activity-2012" land around the ring is turning from the outskirts of Alaska to Chile, turning from around Australia, Japan and Philippines Indonesia Siberian coast, has been going on.
The reasons are still a speculation, the case is that all this area has been activated, and tremors of 5 degrees are the order of the day.
Tomorrow could return to tremble.
this would be the "Big One"?
Could it be .... Or could not ...
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The culture of the roast and family party, the grandparents on the porch enjoying the cool houses, waving to passersby, looks like an image lost in time worthy of ' the Waltons' or 'The Pioneers' - Little house on the prairie - culture of extinct cowboys and the Marlboro world, almost as extinct as the meal of roast pig or goat in the valley, this or that ejido, being famous for the same. In this ejido, the famous 'carnitas', in the other, by the goat in birria grilled or roasted.
Del previously greeted Mexicali. To each other.
When the closure itself was not part of the cityscape.
Prints and a Mexicali been banished to the agricultural, swallowing concrete at the local level, where the newly rich and professionals condemn the same field that gives them yet eating - remains to be seen as are the crops, destroyed at least 50% of wheat and vegetables to be seen yet - looking for comfort, comfort zone, surrounded by barb wire, wire rod and wire Alambrito tacos, all made hygienically grills purchased at Walmart, in houses all the same, flat colors equal plane, plastic smiles incluidas.en new infonavits for rich:
residential Sevilla, Toledo, New Country, San Pedro, Nuevo Vistahermosa;
and karmic justice will be more powerful, more damaged subdivisions, would of thought that were the villas of ay guey, which came out more damaged, villas del Rey Villas of this or the other, new lumpenzonas of reagueton out loud, but no.
are the new subdivisions for middle class, those of the professionals, those of neopanism, those with the hummers parked pickups or giants or giant trucks parked in a row on the widely across parking lots, more parking that house.
But more homes and, because the earthquake showed his face, his varnish.
House who fell in Vistahermosa Private.
And new subdivisions walled with ultra super-duper security fences, policemen with guns shoot to kill 'do not go if you have private access Private access to your private home', they all crack.
The earthquake does not make distinctions in socio-economic scales.
trans Ni the subdivision.
"... before Mexicali had the overall appearance of a California city, but I can not stand to grow more than 10% in two decades and ate suburbs, and right now it only preserves the original layout of Mexicali in the center and surrounding areas, what is the current Centro Historico is the completely refurbished, has a bad reputation ... "
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course, no water ...
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Coincidendo change came with the earthquake, my life now it is changing, getting involved working on a new adventure, I think it changed my life personally, completely. Much to ponder, much to do and try to achieve and demonstrate.
For now, are now almost four years to continue with this blog intervals. The pleasure of knowing people in other parts of Mexico, much loved both the south and central, east west and the southeast; or even in other countries such as South America, EU, no where else we read, but really glad know that you read, in so very far away.
Meanwhile, from this place so far and so close, in this exile, trying to explain life, as it is, as I see it, it is a kind of island, island of Barataria, the peninsula that is not an island.
What I see and what I believe.
Thanks dear readers.
We abreast with developments and new projects.
