Kids & Harpoon Guns.

Certain things on the Galapagos are just accepted. Culturally, religiously, socially or for whatever reason it's simply considered OK for some events to occur.  Here are a few we've witnessed only to do a double take a few seconds later and usually start cracking up laughing.

-While walking along the sidewalk, we saw a boy (no more than 8 years old) snapping white medical gloves onto his hands.  Off to perform a tonsillectomy? 

-Two boys, also no more than 8 years old, hacking away at a small tree with a butcher's knife.  No parents in sight.

- Two enormous holes with construction workers almost blocked the street to passing cars with NO cones, police, or safety measures whatsoever.  I think the workers will be fine though, they whistle at every girl that walks by.

-Small child walking out of the house with a loaded harpoon gun.  

-Cooking a raw chicken, by hand, on stovetop.  Literally stove top. Literally by hand. No pots/pans/or  utensils used.

-Roosters tied to strings that are attached to posts in front lawns.  They're not scary until you get too close.

-Openly training the farm animals for battle. eg  cockfighting.

-Generally anything with unsupervised kids.  We always see them walking home alone, playing in the street, and generally causing havoc. 

-Animals in restaurants  (that aren't  dead and cooked.)  It's usually a family dog or cat, but we've also had salamander and bird visitors.

-People saying "pay me back later" or more commonly just not giving you change in restaurants or stores.  This isn't difficult change either, I shouldn't have to carry around a bag of nickels.

That's all we can think of now.  They literally happen every day, and every time we still laugh or at least make a remark. Thanks to Lori for the help on this one.