Sunday, March 11, 2007

Big Comedy


There's nothing funny about cemetaries, but my trip to Allende's tomb was somewhat comedic. It's an interesting coincidence that Allende's mausoleum resembled two towers and that the Chilean coup (and his death) occured on September 11, 1973. Also, that from the right angle, between the two towers, you can see a crucifixion scene--despite being in the secular cementary and Allende's atheism. Still, many tombs had crosses, and some were likely Catholics who could not afford the Catholic cemetary across the street. But the part that I remember most is this urinal at the place directly between the two cemetaries where we had lunch. There you could ensure that you'd leave dry in the "junk region."

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