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You gotta go barefoot!

I stepped in one of those 'Laurel & Hardy" type puddles up to my knee cap! Good thing I just blew out a flip flop and not an ACL! But my favorite part of that two minute walk was getting splashed right after by the San Pedro Police pick up truck! Paulie just laughed when I fanally made it in his front door! Everyone that came in after had the same drowned rat look also! Is that section cobblestone now?

Yes, and very nicely done. Still plenty more needs doing though.

Cobblestone it is. Must be something about that corner, I lost a pair of Sebago's there about 2 months ago, came around the corner and they fell out. Turned around to come back and get them and they were nowhere to be seen. I'm sure there's a shoe troll living under the house on the corner.

Wasn't this thread about some bridge they were building?

Dogs...

I did cut the balls off one of those dogs, maybe they stole my shoes to get even?

Sorry, I think I was the one who hijacked the thread. But in my own defense, the bridge and the roads do seem to be intertwined... [dances back to avoid the flames...]

And yes! Dogs! Seen it with my own eyes. Shoe=EndlessFun.

hey Simon sorry to hit your sore spot, and yes i know all about the dust, and about the potholes.Yeah it can get really dusty, and if i dont have any sunglasses on then im sol, especailly when im riding in the bed of a truck.When i was there back in July,we went through Emily and that wasn't much rain for AC, but then do you remember a few days after that we had that tropical depression that came through, and it rained for about 4 or 5 days solid with hardly any breaks. The potholes were the worst i had ever seen them, the road was in horrible condition, (it was practically under water). It was also hard not to wet any pedestrians. It does really take a beating on your body, i understand your feelings completly,. i would like to seem some more cobblestone roads (which i am sure are to probaly come soon in the near future).

What i meant by "they are dealing with it" is that the locals have been living with those conditions for so many years that it is what they expect. but those times are changing and with the growth of population on AC this is a major issue.

On the health issue front, it's my understanding that the "sand" is actually ground up coral and that it wreaks havoc with the lungs - especially in children. Some friends in San Pedro told us that as a result the asthma rates in children are abnormally high. We were told that's part of the reason paving the roads is so important. But when we were there even the newly paved road seemed pretty dusty - so I'm wondering if cobblestoning the streets helps in that arena.