For once, I was in the right place to see the Peace Rally held yesterday.\u00a0 Initially, my defence system went into alert mode but the peace banners (in the local language Tetum) alleviated that somewhat.\u00a0 AFP have reported on this but I am just adding my bit because I was there.<\/p>\n
Basically, the rally appeared to concentrate on doing laps of the Palacio do Governo.\u00a0 Participants were 99.9% male and aged between 15 and 25 and a fair bit of adrenalin was flowing.\u00a0 It was not a calm sedate love-in, but more of a rock concert feel.\u00a0 It was boisterous but I saw no trouble.
\nMany of the participants were loaded onto and hanging off vehicles in a rather risky fashion.\u00a0 I saw one utility vehicle loaded with about 20 rallyers, lose a few as he decided to slam his foot on the accelerator.\u00a0 About 4 of them fell off onto the road at a speed that would have had me spending the rest of the day in sick bay.\u00a0 The driver was not booked for speeding or overloading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For once, I was in the right place to see the Peace Rally held yesterday.\u00a0 Initially, my defence system went into alert mode but the peace banners (in the local language Tetum) alleviated that somewhat.\u00a0 AFP have reported on this … Continue reading