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To: Dale Baker who wrote (5772)1/15/2004 3:25:38 PM
From: redfish  Read Replies (1) of 20773
 
I haven't travelled much internationally, due to either not having the time or not having the money.

But I did spend some time in rural areas (i.e., non-tourist) of Mexico three years in a row. It was very educating. People were very, very poor by our standards, but I haven't seen such happy kids in my life.

Once I went on a beer run in the van by myself. Got stuck in a ditch in the middle of nowhere. At first my inclination was to hide in the van, as I had a large sum of currency on me, and I thought I would be robbed and killed.

Instead I offered each farm worker who walked by a cold beer. Soon I had a terrific party going. An old man walked by, declined the beer, but then started talking philosophy. All the while all of us wondering how the hell to Get the van out of the ditch.

Then a guy in a tractor drove up the road, and pulled me out of the ditch.
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