Hmmm...
The picture isn't lying, friends. This is a picture of a cow on the loose relaxing in front of the gas station just down the street from our house. We see horses and cows on the loose all the time here. I've asked if the cows ever get taken and butchered, but I'm told that even though you might not recognize who the owner of the cow(s) is, should you lay a hand on it you would find out very quickly. It completely baffles me that in this sprawling metropolis that people cling to their old ways of life regardless if the city has changed around them. Of course, the only place for these cows to eat is typically in the medians between the main roads. So it's not uncommon at all to see dozens of cars and trucks backed up because a cow strayed into the highway. By the way, the gas prices you see there are per litre, but are in Reais (One Real is worth about 50 cents). So our gas prices here are still higher than Canadian gas prices (about $1.25 per litre) but not by too much.
Cary Sawatsky posted this message at 9:54 p.m..
