It is amazing how one can connect with the sounds where they are living. I just think about Costa Rica and I can hear the sounds the birds made early in the morning. The constant crowing of chickens and the galloping of horses. In Arica, the sounds are very different.
- Cars constantly speeding.
- Our door to door vendors shouting out the myriad of items they are selling from clorox to toilet paper to the man who wants to buy things that do not work anymore.
- The egg man. My favorite! He is one of the many who comes through with his van and a loud speaker announcing what he has and the price.
- Pigeons. While there are not many birds here, we do have pigeons.
- Dogs barking.
- The gas truck coming through with their musical jingle. If the jingle is not playing they tap the outside of the gas cylinder so you know they are coming.
- The bell on the garbage truck. They come three days a week and ring the bell to let you know they are close. (You are not supposed to put your garbage out early and no one has garbage cans!)
- The screaming and horn blowing when Chile's soccer team makes a goal. You just couldn't imagine. Our neighbors go crazy.
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