Road Repair

One of the more hilarious things in Mexico that the tourist may not experience too often is the road repair by the man on the street. Essentially the large majority of roads near my place of work are fairly rooted due to trucks, the weather and potholes, one of the more ingenious methods of money making that the locals engage in is non-council sponsored road repair. The process is fairly simple,

1. Aquire suitable medium to place into road divets, aka dig up the side of the road so there is now a 1 m3 hole in the ground, and next to it a large pile of ex-footpath dirt. (side note , also preferable to dig hole near long grass, increases likelihood of pedestrian ensnarement)

2. Place dirt into bucket and proceed to fill in pot holes as traffic weaves around both you and non-filled pot holes. Once all holes in your local vicinity are filled proceed to indicate to passing vehicles that 'yes it was me that has filled in these holes thus making your journey easier and considerable less hazardous for the next 10m'. Tips will come flowing in from grateful drivers as they pass. profit handsomely.

3. Await rain, repeat process.

And near where I live and work it rains on average about once every 2 days, creating muddy holes where once stood proud achievements of civil engineering.



Lhasa de Sela - The living road