The 8th largest country in the world, and a third of it´s population live in BA. This city is big, noisy and dirty. But it also has something about it that's...addictive and special. It's a place that makes me smile and that makes me swallow back my tears. You can see real generosity in the people here and you can almost feel the hard times people have lived through. There are so many stark reminders of poverty and shabbyness around the city which, all the trendy restaurants and high fashion, will never be able to hide. You really will see barefooted children walking through the streets, too poor to do anything else. You really will see all number of people (crippled, blind, the very young, and families) begging on the subte and you really will see
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