Indiana goes to lunch - Part 2 - Talking pavements!!
Copa inaccessability: in the North East: If you look down the blog for Indiana goes to lunch - Part 1 you'll see the problems with obstacles permanent and temporary (chancers in cars) that plagues a simple dander to the shops in this part 2 inspired by meeting a blind dude I came across on the street yesterday.
The pavements of the North East of Brazil are simply shocking!! For people with disability, well...
One of the biggest issues and a personal pet hate is the non-regulation of the construction of the pavements. It is not a coordinated municipal matter but the ridiculous situation responsibility of each property owner to sort out the pavement in front of their building. It means the obvious, each owner will spend whatever he wants to or not at all to pave in front. The result is an hilarious mess changing every 20m in style and functionality and riddled with menace.
Hilarious that is, unless you suffer from disability and I have nothing only admiration for these people, like that blind guy who manage to navigate this city. A few hundred metres from where I live we have a very 'active traffic lights' with the the usual vendors and windscreen cleaners but amongst them we have 2 quadriplegic guys on skateboards who it is amazing to observe how they manage.
Now before we get carried away thinking the worst of their neglect they have appeared a couple of times with wheelchairs!! only to keep them just for a very short period obviously due to the drop in revenue streams! ;)
You don't see too many people with disabilities in Natal but it is impressive how they can conquer such adversity. Big Up and always get my real and help!
ONE DAY TO GOOOO!!!!!! Wowser!