Mexican Dinner ...
At the hostel! Great value for 12 Reais, and very good - better than most Mexican food you get back in Calgary. I stayed for dinner because everyone raved about how great the food was, and they didn't lie - the chef certainly should be working somewhere much more upscale than a hostel. Two types of salad, a chicken and a beef fish, but the star of the show were the beans with tortilla chips - great flavour! They were also the stars of this evening's entertainment, as they led to a great deal of tooting.
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