After almost four years here, I finally saw it: five people on a motorbike, an entire family.
Configuration: kDkM&i — kid in front, Dad driving, kid between, and Mom clutching an infant behind.
No helmets, of course. (To their credit, they weren’t on a fast/busy street, unlike the ones I showed here and here.)
Remember, here you often see cars like this. And if you want to see for yourself how ridiculous the prices for used cars can be, spend a few minutes rummaging around Mercado Libre…U$S means US dollars, simply $ means Uruguayan pesos, currently 20/USD. When we moved here in 2007, I sold my used Toyota 4Runner which, at best, might have fetched USD 7,500 in the US. Here, I found the equivalent listed for USD 32,500.
Helps put into perspective the otherwise insane thought of a young family of five on a motorbike, especially when you reflect on the difficulty of earning a living.
