Public School Neighborhoods, 1

Water is being delivered to neighborhoods. You can buy your water from street vendors or corner stores. Yesterday, we stopped a truck and paid $1.40 for the traditional 20 L container of water. You must return your empty jug for a new one. If I remember correctly, it is $6.00 or so to buy your first container. This is drinking and cooking water. I cook with this water, but Alfredo will use the tap water for cooking.

Two families would live in this concrete structure.

Here is a photo of another home in one neighborhood in Playa del Carmen. Here is one of the many contradictions I see daily. As you know, Playa del Carmen is one of the world´s top tourist destinations, for fun in the sand and sun. This neighborhood, where the photos of the homes are taken, would be about 10 city blocks from the beach. Homes sell for millions near the beach.

A proud father walks his son and daughter to the primary school, you will see in the following post. They still had a way to go on this gravel road. Everyone seems in good spirits when I took this photo Thursday morning!