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| The freedom to build a bus walkway |
Blog posts on Honduras can gets a little gloomy.
OK, a lot gloomy.
But there are always upsides. When there are no rules, for example, people can enjoy a certain crazy freedom unknown in a place like Victoria, where opening hot dog cart turns into a regulatory ordeal.
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| The view from the highway La Prensa |
People like Manuel de Jes�s Cardoza, who has built a sprawling, four-story building out of old school buses and other scrap. (La Prensa wrote about him today.)
Cardoza, who says he�s an engineer with a degree from the �university of the streets,� has used more than 40 old school buses, old machinery, iron wheels, train tracks and other scrap to build the complex beside the highway at La Lima, near San Pedro Sula. He learned to weld and build things as a child workers in a lot of small workshops.
It�s been a 13-year-project, and judging by the pictures, there�s still a lot of work ahead. He�s spent $150,000 so far, and figures another $50,000 will finish the project,
Cardoza told La Prensa he started out thinking it could be an entertainment centre, with a nightclub and pool. But two years ago he became a Christian and now only wants to hold religious events and weddings.
La Prensa says it�s pretty luxe, with �areas the envy of any luxury hotel,� including a terrace where people can watch the highway sitting in comfy chairs that were once the drivers� seats in luxury buses.
The whole thing is supported by pillars made of bus wheels welded together and filled with concrete.
The use of a bus as a pedestrian overpass is a particularly stylish touch.
It�s all a bit crazy looking. But the freedom to follow your dream - even if it�s an odd one - is worth something.
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| Creativity in action And if you�re looking for a really different wedding venue, think about the Cardoza�s castle |
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