Kyle Hepp

July 9, 2009

You know how in the U.S. we have signs for restrooms and food on the highway? Like this:

I’ve seen some crazy ones back in the U.S. I remember being shocked when I first arrived in Florida and saw the Alligator crossing signs everywhere, and there have been others that have really surprised me. But, today driving back from Algarrobo to Santiago (we’re in town until tomorrow!) I saw something I had never noticed before. Leading up to the exit to Curacavi, where I once shot a really cool “matrimonio campestre,” that definitely involved a lot of huasos, there is one of those little highway signs. It has figures on it portraying I think a gas station, food and…cueca dancers!!! I so wish I had had my camera to take a photograph but it was all packed away in the trunk. Next time we come back, I’ll try to snap a shot to post on the blog.

I’m just curious, is the sign so lost tourists can find their way to the huasos and cueca dancers, or is it because the highway planners consider basic necessities to be food/gas/bathrooms/cueca dancers?