Snake oil salesmen, Stupido gringos and Herculean tasks.
May 25th 2009 Oruro
One of the interesting features of travelling long distances by public bus is the appearance of salesman on the trips for the first hour or so. They preach the benefits of coco tea, multivitamin powders, arthritis creams and all sorts of other forms of snake oil. The surprising thing is that they are extremely successful with sales to 40-50%!o(MISSING)f the passengers.
We initially st
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