In a country where most single people, and many married couples, still live at home with their parents, is there such a thing as privacy? The sidewalks are crowded with young people entertaining each other in their 'mock' living rooms - playing cards, scrapbooking, 'chit chatting'... The early worm stakes spots where there are stools and near street vendors. Others lay out sheets of paper/old posters for groups of friends to sit on. There are even parking areas near these sidewalk spaces for people to have someone watch their vehicles. While I'm constantly amazed at the many uses of a motorbike/scooter over here, which I will cover in a future post, some opt to use them to stake claim on other parts of the sidewalk. Alas...the love machine!
When the sun goes down regardless of the day, parks and other public places are filled with couples 'parking' on these love machines. The borders of these public areas are lined with them but I'm told that the deeper you go into the parks, the more there are as it tends to be darker in those places. There are a number of establishments that also rent rooms by the hour for the equivalent of USD 2, which at face value seems a reasonable option lest one forget the low average salary in this country or the condition of such rooms. Perhaps there is a higher tendency for exhibitionism and voyeurism here, or perhaps it is the dirty American mindset that would assume that there is more than just a private place to share a moment together with simple conversation.
Regardless of whether people get hot and heavy or sit and chat, how do they balance on the kickstands of them dang things? Another item to put on the bucket list.
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