Went to a museum last week, here in Quito, and thought I’d share something different. While walking down the street after visiting the museum, I was looking for a taxi and I see this. It’s one of those things that makes you stop and say WTF… are they serious???
This got me thinking about a lot of things in 2 sec, like just before you die and you see your whole life in reverse. Considering the average income for an Ecuadorian per month is about $400-$450, how loco does one have to be to give up a months wages for a tree? I mean come on, who the hell has a bonsai tree in Ecuador anyways? Who would want to steal a Bonsai tree in Ecuador, as who has the money to spend on a tree when the avg. person only makes $4 per hour? Which got me thinking, how does one steal a bonsai tree anyways? I mean if it’s worth $500 for a finders fee, then you know it’s got to be worth more then that (unless it’s an animal or child, it’s not acceptable to spend more then it’s worth to retrieve it back).
Which brought me to the next thought, “It was an inside job!” Who the hell else, other then some employee getting paid crap wages and had to water the damn thing everyday, would know what that thing was or how much it costs? I hate to say it but sorry, as I don’t think Ecuadorians have a strong sense on the black-market for Bonsai trees (is there such a thing?). And what moron owner would think that posting a piece of paper on a telephone poll would get any real leads on something like this? I mean it’s comparable to a Dutch person posting flyers about his Van Gogh being stolen… come on, please!
This little 8″x10″ piece of paper had me dumbfound for 5 minutes. I seriously wanted to meet this person who was so desperate to find this tree. Just looking at the picture it looks dead, so really what’s so special about it?
The good thing about traveling is seeing things in a new light but also being shocked sometimes. I mean you don’t want to show up in Asia and say “Oh it’s just like what you see in the magazine.” You want that moment where you say “Wow, I didn’t think I’d ever see that!”
I compared this example to that of going to an African tribe in the middle of the bush, where kids are naked playing with rocks, guys still using spears to hunt and when you walk into a hut everyone is sitting around watching a Friends episode on a flat screen TV. Well to make it better then this, they would have to be eating caviar to!
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