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To: Thomas C. White who wrote (8092)	2/24/1998 5:09:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

LOL. Someday you really ought to write a book, entitled perhaps, "101 Non-Elite Destinations." I have a dear friend who worked in the Peace Corps in Paraguay. She has many stories, very similar to yours. She learned to rely on natives so that she would not constantly be held up for more money on everything. When she flies in, her friends meet her, and walk her bags through, because if she did it, it would take hours and cost big bucks. Apparently they know the Paragauyans can't afford much in the way of bribes so it is just a waste of time to hold them up.

To: Thomas C. White who wrote (8092)	2/24/1998 6:50:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

I told Dan about your exciting trip and he's interested in working out some type of Paraguayan vacation package..he can market anything. Four days, three nights -or longer- in lovely (read primitive)Paraguay. Stay at the picturesque (read ramshackle) Hotel Vaciado. Private toilettes (Read hole in floor)in every room! Air conditioning! (Read windows open) Wonderful night life! (Read starving alligators prowl the hotel grounds looking for dinner) Exciting (read life-threatening) drive into rainforest (read swamps) with English-speaking guide (he knows how to say, "American capitalist pig want to see home again?" and "Should not have touched that plant, snake, native girl.") ONLY $495/single, $395/double including airfare! Plus several thousand for bribes, ransoms, and emergency medical care. Haaaa-Dan just walked in , read this, and said, "Hey. We can do it!" (Really wonderful story, Thomas! You just get better and better.)