Saturday, October 23, 2010

Maracas Road Block

About once a month we head up to Maracas Bay for a couple of hours at the beach. One Sunday, on our way home it started to rain - a classic rainy season storm. About 5 km from the beach we got stopped in a traffic jam. After about 15 minutes of not moving, I got out of the truck and walked up ahead. When I got to where the problem was, there were 8 guys all wielding cutlasses (what they call a machete here) chopping away at a tree that had fallen across the road.
For a few minutes, I helped pull debris out of the way but with all those guys whacking away with cutlasses, I figured I would step back.
Finally, a fire truck showed up to clear the tree away.
Here, I am thinking they would have a chainsaw. Nope. Three firemen starting chopping with their own cutlasses.

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