This is a view of some of the dorms. Notice the lovely mid-century architecture.
Above is a shot of the "downtown" of the university. On the left is the place where students print their papers and have them bound and/or laminated. In the center is a grocery "store" and the two stalls on the right sold food. Fortunately, there were no quarter goats roasting on open flames.
Finally, this is a better shot of the dorms and one of the ubiquitous orange taxis. Notice all of the towels hanging outside of the dorms. It is so unbelievably humid that the only hope you have of anything drying is hanging it out the window.While I'm not fond of the old student militant group, they have a point. The facilities need to be a little better for the effective education of a population. Allegedly, 60,000 students attend this university. That's about the same as a major state school in the US, but in less than 1/4 the size of a state university campus. From what the militant leader said (and take this with a grain of salt), students have to show up to class an hour early to get seats. Militant leader probably had some lackies save him a seat, but that's neither here nor there (I'm captain cliche today). Regardless, university is like going to a concert. Heartening that there is so much desire to go to class, but disheartening that the facilities to support it.
