********************* FUNNY THINGS ABOUT ARGENTINA/BOLIVIA -In Argentina, along with other South American countries, many if not most small intersections are without stop lights and stop signs. No wonder so many people have pictures of Jesus dangling from their rearview mirrors. -My patience has grown like hair here: slowly but always longer, although someone with a sharp enough edge can always cut it short -There are two levels of romantic relaitonships here: the first level is, as someone here in Tarija explained to me last night, is basically someone you kiss & hold hands with, but nothing more. Then you have, after some time, the normal girlfriend level. -They use, instead of brooms, giant leafy branches from trees to sweep the streets. It works better, in fact, and you can just throw away the broom when you
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