Its a hard life...

Many older women pull carts along the roads and collect recyclables that can be turned in for cash. Outside our gate is a collection point. Standing, she is bent at a 90 degree angle.

If these women take too long to cross a road, cars will edge up on them and honk for them to hurry.

I find this picture and situation very upsetting. This is a very common scene.

With the amount of pollution and temperatures rising, it has been very hard to consciously get in the car to drive. We are trying very hard to not contribute to the pollution problem, we are down to using one tank of gas every 2 weeks, my goal is once a month.

By walking everywhere, we have exposed Sophia to the pollution/yellow dust and it doesn't help with her chronic cough. We use the mask daily but on days that the yellow dust is high, we drive or stay inside.

The transition to city life has been very hard.