still trapped here in hotel but the wifi is good
Wednesday, 4. November 2009, 21:09:10
I have been lamenting my hotel entrapment on the blog for three days now (posts here, here, and here). Today I went on another walking tour to take pictures. I did take the pictures to accentuate the abandoned look of the nearby shopping centers, but it wasn't much of a stretch.
All images are clickable for greater detail. Select "all sizes" upon landing on the flickr page.
Image #1: not too many customers.
Image #2: park anywhere you like.
Image #3: forlorn.
Image #4: a place to eat that is open.
Image #5: they're open. Give plasma, get cash.
Image #6: they're open, too. Eat the buffet.
Image #7: there's little else to do, but don't loiter. This includes you Spanish speakers.
Image #8: cash a check! I get letters from my bank pleading with the customers to never consider going to these places.
Image #9: a church in an old bank location.
Image #10: the bank drive-up window belongs to the church now. It says, "never thirst again."
Image #11: maybe offerings can go in here now?
Image #12: we are moving. We done gone.
Image #13: a sign of the times.
All images are clickable for greater detail. Select "all sizes" upon landing on the flickr page.
Image #1: not too many customers.
Image #2: park anywhere you like.
Image #3: forlorn.
Image #4: a place to eat that is open.
Image #5: they're open. Give plasma, get cash.
Image #6: they're open, too. Eat the buffet.
Image #7: there's little else to do, but don't loiter. This includes you Spanish speakers.
Image #8: cash a check! I get letters from my bank pleading with the customers to never consider going to these places.
Image #9: a church in an old bank location.
Image #10: the bank drive-up window belongs to the church now. It says, "never thirst again."
Image #11: maybe offerings can go in here now?
Image #12: we are moving. We done gone.
Image #13: a sign of the times.
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WIDGETIZE
selurus # 5. November 2009, 04:14
Atleast you've got wifi and your netbook.
BTW why did the state shut down cash a check businesses?
slackwrdave # 5. November 2009, 05:25
Originally posted by selurus:
Ooops! It was payday lenders that the state put out of business. I edited out the reference to check cashing businesses above. The payday lenders were shut down by the attorney general for continually circumventing state laws on usury.
cuongcodo # 5. November 2009, 05:27
slackwrdave # 5. November 2009, 05:30
Shaunak # 6. November 2009, 09:44
Its a ghost town.
slackwrdave # 6. November 2009, 15:37
PainterWoman # 6. November 2009, 15:56
At least they have Vietnamese Pho.
I wonder if any people put money in the bank drop box thinking they're making a deposit or actually giving it to the church. There are sometimes confused people walking around.
slackwrdave # 6. November 2009, 16:26
I imagine the night drop was locked. I didn't tug on it to see.
cuongcodo # 6. November 2009, 17:45