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Monday, September 04, 2006

Sociological Tour


This is where many Guatemala City residents make their living - about a dollar a day. This is only about one tenth of the dump. People dig for valuable goods to sell or take home. They also look for spoiled food restaurants have thrown away to eat or resell to street vendors. This is all amongst potentially toxic chemical and medical waste. Some are there from the early morning until late at night.


1 Comments:

Blogger Carmel said...

wow. wish i had the opportunity to visit payatas here in the philippines. would've been the same exact situation.

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