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| Except for Atenas Central, there are few sidewalks (like Donelson-Hermitage) So in the neighborhood between Roca Verde and Atenas Central, the neighbors got together and decided to build their own, since government isn’t doing it. |
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| Today it was young adult volunteers mixing & pouring cement, other times have had some older adult men doing it, at least a quarter mile finished now! The orange roofs on hill at top of photo is a part of Roca Verde. |
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| Today’s young men shoveling cement into the forms. Great! I gave them a thumb’s up and said “Muchas Gracias” as I walked by. Again you can see one Roca Verde hill in distance. |
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| This is an earlier photo I took going down the hill toward our gate. I feel much safer walking on a sidewalk than in narrow streets or very rough shoulders if any! The closer to Central Park, the more sidewalks. |
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| First shift leaving high school. Almost all students walk to school here. |
It is interesting to watch how many people still walk in the street, possibly from years of habit, I would guess half. Of course further up you have no choice and that includes walking by the high school where there are no sidewalks. Gangs of teens leaving or arriving just fill the streets and cars wait (photo below or at right).
But it was sad to see in Tico Times recently that Pedestrian Deaths Outnumber Drunk Driving Deaths in Costa Rica. Speeding and irresponsible lane-changing are the top two causes of road deaths here.
Maybe this one more sidewalk will save another life or two. Everything is not perfect in Costa Rica! Infrastructure is still lacking in many areas.