When we arrived last week, first thing we did was went for a walk around the city of Buenos Aires. One of the streets close to the Sheraton is closed to traffic and is about 10 blocks of shops and arcades. The footpath is mosaic style concrete paving stones and seriously, the whole thing has seen better days. There seems to be no concerns about broken pieces, dips and hollows and it appears in places like an earthquake has been through.
One the first night we walked past a drain that was releasing raw sewage into the walk road. It was pretty gross because it flowed to the middle of the footpath area and into a grated drain. We have walked past it a few times since and today, now one whole week, it remains....... untouched, unfixed and generally ignored by the passersby. Perhaps I might organise a protest group to get some action??
Also on the first night, I decided to take a bath (even though I had been careful NOT to walk in anything) The bath was duly poured and had and my clothes sat on the marble tiled floor in the bathroom. I hopped out and pulled the plug and was drying myself when I felt this warm whisper of movement around my feet. My clothes had not discovered a life of their own, the floor waste was burbling forth the contents of the bathtub! It has threatened a few times since but this morning when showering it once again didn´t cope and by the time I got out, the water was out the door and sneaking toward the window!!
And the worst part- we are on the 16th floor!!!!!! Those rooms further down must be just about filled up with water if gravity is not taking it away from that height!!
One the first night we walked past a drain that was releasing raw sewage into the walk road. It was pretty gross because it flowed to the middle of the footpath area and into a grated drain. We have walked past it a few times since and today, now one whole week, it remains....... untouched, unfixed and generally ignored by the passersby. Perhaps I might organise a protest group to get some action??
Also on the first night, I decided to take a bath (even though I had been careful NOT to walk in anything) The bath was duly poured and had and my clothes sat on the marble tiled floor in the bathroom. I hopped out and pulled the plug and was drying myself when I felt this warm whisper of movement around my feet. My clothes had not discovered a life of their own, the floor waste was burbling forth the contents of the bathtub! It has threatened a few times since but this morning when showering it once again didn´t cope and by the time I got out, the water was out the door and sneaking toward the window!!
And the worst part- we are on the 16th floor!!!!!! Those rooms further down must be just about filled up with water if gravity is not taking it away from that height!!
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