The people in the first three pictures have just been displaced to this new area on the outskirts of Mazatlan because the owner of the land that their families had been squatting on for 30 years decided to develop it for middle-income housing. The girl holding Ila is standing in front of her "new home". The next three were taken at the dump where people scavenge for things they can haul away to get money for. Some of them use donkeys or horses to pack their daily collections. I was pretty excited that they let me sit on their donkey and so were the kids. The last picture is just a cute little boy from one of the many poor colonias we saw today. The kids there loved our kids because they were blonde. A lady once told us that her kids had never seen blonde kids before, just blonde adults, so it's quite a novelty, especially since they don't live in the tourist zone. 
2 comments:
Elizabeth ~ This is a beautiful blog. Your pictures and comments are wonderful. You have really captured the spirit of Mazatlán. I've loved getting to know you and your children at the Mazatlan library. Reading your blog has helped me know you even better. Lynda
thanks Lynda
it has been wonderful getting to know you too. it's always good to know that there are intelligent non-golden zone gringos here!
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