This is a picture of a "round-about," that is we Americans call them. The Peruanos call them "ovolos." We are driven through and around them each day on our way to almost anywhere in the city.
This photo is another angle of an "ovolo" with of course, more signs of political candidates.
Sister Nash calls them the "ovolos of death." We are think that is pretty funny. Elder W. and I have only seen one small accident in the time we have been here in Lima.
This photo is another angle of an "ovolo" with of course, more signs of political candidates.
I call this one, "my sign is bigger than your sign." It seems to be a competition. Some of these signs are huge, as you can see.
Interestingly, we have participantes studying "grafic design," it looks like they will have a good future.
In reality, they are "strange" to us. We have regulations at home about size and where the advertisements can be placed, but here it appears there are no restrictions. To us the scarry part is that the signs obscure vision in driving.
Many of the candidates (at least here in this area) have enough money to hire employees to hand out fliers and stand on corners with signs everyday. Some of the campaigners even dress-up in pretty funny costumes to get your attention, and it usually works.
This is the headquarters of one of the candidates. It is close to our office, so we see it each day. His campaign seems to have done very well.
Although the elections were held on Oct. 3rd, a Sunday, the results are still not published. It is a LAW in Peru that each person vote. Yes, not a suggestion, a law. Although I do not know the penalty if you do not vote. Oh, and you have to vote where you received your Peruvian ID, so for many it is where they were born. In this case there might be an expense involved. Many people need to take the time from their work and pay to travel to their place of birth. Pretty interesting. I don't know how many of us in the US would allow that type of law to be passed. It has been the "way" here for many years.
Well, that is what the elections are like here. We have been watching the internet and some news from home about the happenings in our elections. I must say, if I were home I would probably be involved in the gatherings of the "tea party people." We do need some changes, but we still have the best government in the world. We just need to change some of our leaders.
Sorry, I got a little political there. I am anxious to hear and see what happens in two weeks during the various elections around our great country. We are smart and I know we will make good decisions. Go VOTE!
So, until I write again;
Hermana W. or Mom
