Invasion of Metal Ugliness

After my coffee plantation tour, I got a little extra tour. I had asked my guide about where to eat and the local gardens. He took me around the tiny town and pointed out all his favorite eateries. Then he took me on a 5 minute loop through the country side to show me the two nearest gardens. I had him drop me at Mi Jarden es Tu Jarden (My Garden is Your Garden).



The garden is open to the public and free. I am really glad I didn't pay because I would have wanted my money back. The gardens were moderately pretty. There were streams, pounds filled with coy, and little brick pathways that crisscrossed all over, sometimes ending at nothing at all.











The part of the garden that was a disappointment was the "art work." Almost everywhere you looked there were these awful metal cutouts of various animals, people and objects. The cutouts were rudimentary and ugly. Each one was painted and reminded me of the clip art in original Microsoft Word.

They had everything from a cartoon moose to a evil looking devil man. The winner for the most hideous was a very large cut out of a blond woman pushing a lawnmower. She was wearing short shorts, because apparently that is the impression of what all white women would wear if given the choice. Her face was some sort of Picasso, but I am pretty sure the artist didn't mean her to look that way.





Here is one example, I didn't take many pictures of the metal ugliness, although looking back I should have for the funny factor.



These hunks of metal were everywhere. If there was a beautiful pond, then there would be a cartoon dolphin on a rusted mental stick in the very center. Even the trees had one dimensional metal birds hanging from the branches. It was pretty bad.