July 8th, 2009 by Rachel | Country: Peru | 1 Comment »
UGH! Everytime I head overseas, I always experience a strike or a protest, something that I rarely experience in my own country. They irritate me so much because they make life somewhat more difficult and sometimes dangerous. Cusco is ON STRIKE today and perhaps tomorrow. Today, when I went out to catch a taxi, it was almost impossible! There were VERY few taxis today. All the ones that I saw already had people in the car! So, I decided to walk towards the school hoping that I could catch one on the way. I did finally catch one after a half hour or so, and of course, it was more expensive than usual – S./ 5 . It’s better than having no cab. As I was walking, I saw a big line of police officers walking on the street and some streets being blocked by big rocks. Unreal! Of course I didn’t know what was going on, but I knew that something MAJOR had to be happening today. When I got to school, I asked a student what was going on and he said, “Strike on public transportation!” Ugh! I went on my computer to check it out on Google News for more details for the sake of my safety and to be more prepared if the strike continues this week, and all I could find was these news: Click Here and Here GREAT! I hope I can get to Machu Picchu this Saturday! Please excuse me for my ranting today. However, as always, it’s part of the travel experience which is to understand how the residents of these countries live through these situations. So, I’m learning how to compensate for the difficulties of finding taxis.
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Lydia
July 8, 2009 at 6:12 pm
We had this happen on a visit to Toronto one unseasonably hot and sticky weekend. We never got to take their nice subway!