Street Vendors

I so love the variety of street vendors here!  They’re so creative.  And determined.

There are street vendors for almost everything.   

The biggest, and most professional in some ways, is the Zeta gas truck.  It drives through the streets with loudspeakers playing the Zeta gas jingle “Zeta, Zeta, Zeta Gas”.  Similar to that is the water truck.  Everyone drinks bottled water here.  Including the locals. Most everyone buys their water in large 20 litre jugs called “garafon”. I think you just stop the trucks, and buy your gas/water.

But my favourites are the small guys!  Each has his distinctive sound. And vehicle.

There are the sweet bread guys who clap their hands loudly or honk their little horns. They ride bicycles with big baskets on the front. At all hours of the day / evening.  I’ve never bought a sweet bread from them, but this year, I got my little kitchen knife sharpened by the sharpening guy.  So fun!  He uses a little whistle, a bit like zephyr, but hi pitched and simple.  For 40 pesos, he made my knife sharper than it’s ever been in it’s whole life!!!

Pictures

1-The knife sharpening guy.  He uses a foot pedal to turn the sharpening wheel

2- The pest control vehicle

3- A street musician

4 - These are the types of bicycles the sweet bread guys, who clap their hands or honk a horn, pedal. 

5 - The knife sharpening guy being happy!