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Man Tequila

Send private message	Activity:	48 posts, 3844 comments, 49 friends.
	Member since:	December 2006
	Lives in:	Canada
	Sex:	male
	Born in:	Antarctica
	Has traveled in:	Where the road is a ribbon of moonlight, looping the purple moor
	Wants to travel to:	Japan, Kenya, Brazil
	Favourite traveling style:	I want to meet local people, experience the culture and get a sense of how people really live.
	About (hobbies etc...)	I like to cook, read, travel and try to keep my mind and body in shape.
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Man Tequila says on Jul 12, 2007, 20:09:

i have invited sum of you to be my friends... wouldn't it be nice if the world was made out of rainbows and aguapanela? don quexhote once said "tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art" but he also tilts at windmills like so many people here... i wonder if colombians have ever herd of don quexhote?

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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goin_south says on Jul 15, 2007, 00:37:

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Wow! Man Tequila, you got alot of friends! The Respectable Members of PBS. So for that, I found this for you... (but, you can only have 14 at a time,.... a sort of 'musical chairs de sus amigos)

Colombia es

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Man Tequila says on Jul 16, 2007, 13:39:

Thanks, GS. Keep sending those pictures to cheesecake at mantequila.com...

Fourteen is more than enough amigos.

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adrimm says on Jul 16, 2007, 21:32:

OMG.. Man_Tequila... mantequilla

LOL

I'm splitting my sides, how clever!!!!!

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goin_south says on Jul 17, 2007, 22:58:

Naaaawh. I'm gonna keep posting em here. So, I know where to find em.
Adrimm... he loves Senora Tovar.

Colombia es

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Man Tequila says on Jul 18, 2007, 06:52:

Just trying to butter you up.

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podborski says on Jul 29, 2007, 06:21:

hey, how did you get that big avatar?!

everyone else's is the same size...what's going on mods???

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Man Tequila says on Jul 29, 2007, 08:38:

I'm blaming Rubito. But your petty jealousy reminds me of a joke. ;)

Jean-Luc decides to hold a party for his Montréal friends where all the guests have to dress up as am emotion. First to arrive is his friend Phillippe who is dressed from head to toe in red. Phillippe rings the doorbell. Jean-Luc opens the door. "That is a great costume, Phillippe, but what is it?". "Ah, Jean-Luc, I am red with hanger!". "Excellente, you may come in to the party."

The doorbell rings again, and at the door is Claudette. She is dressed from head to toe in green. "Nice costume, Claudette. What it is?". "Jean-Luc, I am green with henvy!". "Fantastique! Come in to the party."

Soon the doorbell rings again. At the door is Jean-Claude. He is naked from head to toe, except his genitals are covered by a gigantic piece of yellow fruit. Jean-Luc is taken aback. He doesn't want to look, but can't help himself. A huge yellow pear is covering Jean-Claude's crotch. "Jean-Claude, it is nice to see you, but that is a very strange costume. What emotion is that?". "Jean-Luc", Jean-Claude replies. "I am fucking in dis pear."

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goin_south says on Jul 29, 2007, 09:07:

that's bad, MT; I'm gonna have to find another (acceptable) foto of Senorita Tovar to post here for you (me.)

Colombia es

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Portena says on Jul 31, 2007, 20:38:

Thanks for posting the Simpsonize link. What a brilliant idea!

I feel better! I can smile at it now, I feel better. Ohhhh, better! Gnarls Barkley

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Man Tequila says on Aug 4, 2007, 15:19:

Worst. Link. Ever. Jaja.

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LA_MONA says on Aug 30, 2007, 12:18:

Man T you came to the right woman, I have a contact that can get you a vueltiao..but then again she will make you earn it...

Sorry about the evil rumours...el chisme es terrible, arruina las vidas de las personas pero shhhhhhhhh

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Sep 12, 2007, 02:44:

Man T you are right, the amount of "Natalia" and "Nathalie" female members is getting a bit ridiculous! Geez come up with a new name already! Grrrrr

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Man Tequila says on Sep 12, 2007, 06:55:

I guess that means I should postpone my plan to re-name myself Nat Nat Tequila Man.

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LA_MONA says on Sep 13, 2007, 00:15:

Well thanks for the suggestions but Chanel?
I think I prefer something along the lines of Karen or Sofia, I kind of like Andrea too. Valentina is my
So I'll let you know as soon as I decide my new name... but then of course there will be hundreds of them on PBH, pure coincidence of course.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Man Tequila says on Sep 13, 2007, 00:28:

Yeah, I'll bet lots of people on PBH are monos too.

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LA_MONA says on Sep 13, 2007, 10:16:

JAJAJA THANKS BABE, seguire mi lucha contra el inicuo hombro..

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Sep 13, 2007, 11:15:

I've created a monster?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Sep 13, 2007, 12:10:

Jajaja
So who was the "monster" at the end of the thread?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Man Tequila says on Sep 13, 2007, 12:26:

When I was a child, there was a great Sesame Street novel called "There is a Monster at the End of this Book". Every page had a frantic Grover begging you not to turn the page, trying to restrain the four year old reader with pictures of chains, walls, explosives, fences, gates, scary signs, pleas that every time you turned the page, you were getting closer to the monster.

But the monster was just Grover. He was the monster at the end of the book, and in a much more happy and subdued mood. I see this as an important analogy for Armageddon. Keep turning the page, but things will turn out okay. Sometimes shoulders are not cold and sometimes there are soft shoulders instead of hard ones. Until then, la lucha!

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LA_MONA says on Sep 13, 2007, 12:36:

Jajaja Man te you are ... great!

I just have one bone to pick, you told me not to trust any hombros, and not to rest my head on any of them!

Que siga la lucha!

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Sep 13, 2007, 13:14:

JAJAJAJA you should have heard me!

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Man Tequila says on Sep 13, 2007, 13:18:

I hope you laughing discreetly (jeje) and not making hacking motions at your neck á la Pod with his tools for shaping wood. Not good to be telling the head psychiatrist "but there was a monster, BWAHAHAHAHA"...

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LA_MONA says on Sep 13, 2007, 13:27:

jajaja no it was a throw your head back laugh though, I think my neighbours are used to it by now. How do you know about me seeing the head psychiatrist?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Sep 13, 2007, 13:43:

Are you sure it's the hombro getting to you, or have you been raiding the drugs cupboard at work? ;-)

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Man Tequila says on Sep 13, 2007, 13:46:

Not at work, and the nurses keep all the good stuff locked away. I'd feel a lot better if I knew it was the bennies. Was it a throw your head back laugh like Jesus Quintana?

I'm so proud... the chick with the gun pulls the trigger until it goes cluck.

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LA_MONA says on Sep 13, 2007, 13:48:

"mona proceeds to throw her head back until it really does go click"

Man T you are on hilarious...doc.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Sep 13, 2007, 14:09:

Well the haagen daaz is a calling again so I'm afraid I have no other option other than to retire.

Maybe another time you can really do some damage to my neck, but not the hombro, oh no.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Sep 14, 2007, 06:11:

Shock! Horror!

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Man Tequila says on Sep 15, 2007, 16:31:

Mr. Kurtz, he dead.

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LA_MONA says on Sep 16, 2007, 02:09:

jaja

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Sep 21, 2007, 16:50:

What happened? Nos dejaste iniciados! Falton.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Sep 23, 2007, 12:47:

Quiubos!!
You are in Colombia? Since when? How long for? So many questions!
Hey listen you know more swearwords than I do in spanish so don't try it young man.

Mante enjoy your trip. see you soon.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Sep 24, 2007, 05:02:

..... vidas!!! jajaja
Well thats great news,so cool that you got a flight from your points, excellent!
Have a great time and if any of the street vendors show you only purple beads, it wasn't me!
And instead of the bandejita have the tamales ñam ñam.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Sep 27, 2007, 12:16:

Oiga cuide tus cejas en la playa OK?

I've been watching the Princess Bride clips on youtube, you should've told me how old it is!! Still, I'm dying to find out about why Inigo Montoya should be the name of my firstborn.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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lillien says on Oct 8, 2007, 11:44:

Dear Good Friend,

I am Lillien Kone, 22 yrs old, french lady,from ivorycoast nationality. The only daughter of late Mr Joseph Kone, a very wealth and famous cocoa merchant based in Abidjan the federal capital of Cote d'ivoire. Please dear heart, I inherited an amount of US$10,500,000.00 million american dollars from my late father before his sudden death, and i got the believe that you are going to help me out successfully.

Dear, i am humbly seeking for your urgent assistance in respect of transfering this my above mentioned fund into your designated bank account for an investment purposes such as in real estates managements and stock market investments.

Please dear, i am honourably soliciting for your kind and urgent assistance in the following ways :

1. Can I completely trust you?
2. Can you honestly help me as your new family?
3) To serve as the guardian of these fund and help me with investing,
since i am 22years old?
4) To provide a bank account where this money will be transfere into?

5)To make arrangement for me in your country to continue my educational career and to procure me a residential permit in your country.

Dear, honestly speaking, i am willing to offer you 15% commission of this my total fund as a mode of compensation, provided you urgent help out transfer this my funds into your nominated bank account oversees and also assist in sponsoring me into your country as i want to live in your country for the rest of my life now, please write to me through this my private email address at ( lillien.kone at yahoo.com )
Thanks for your assistance, May God almighty bless you forever.

Best Regard
lillien.

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scotty says on Oct 9, 2007, 22:00:

MT, thanks for adding me as a friend, I have also added you to my list of friends. take care, Scotty

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

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Man Tequila says on Oct 9, 2007, 22:40:

As a friend, I guess I should send scotty Lillien Kone's heartfelt plea to help free dad's cocoa money (above). LOL.

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capitan_centella says on Oct 9, 2007, 22:51:

MT. . .

welcome to the madness, and Thanks for adding me as a friend.

:-))

"When you open your eyes, you turn around with the world, But it can change, if you only close it, and see a dream to yourself." Me.

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capitan_centella says on Oct 9, 2007, 22:53:

Ohh lillien. . . what a lonely soul¡. . .

where is she now?. . . where?

;-)

"When you open your eyes, you turn around with the world, But it can change, if you only close it, and see a dream to yourself." Me.

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Man Tequila says on Oct 9, 2007, 23:00:

Nigeria? La Cote d'Ivoire?

10,500,000 MILLION dollars is a lot of money. I'd call that 10,500 billion dollars, but we use the "American billion" here. Even in Colombia and the UK they'd call this 10.5 billion dollars... ;)

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LA_MONA says on Oct 10, 2007, 02:14:

Hey what's all this going on here?
Lillen back up!! Go and look for another marrano....

Hey Man Tequila. I am deeply touched by your poem about me, La Llomona.
Maybe this poem will better enable people to understand me and my fixation with eyebrows, the trauma of las cejas no es facil de sobrellevar...

(By the way "rounded thighs? Are you calling me fat?)

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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dwmte7 says on Oct 10, 2007, 05:09:

yo tequila man...you, as other's have added me as a friend...no idea why i deserve such kind consideration, but thank you very much. i've been trying to figure out how one (me) adds friends. everytime i try i end up in the O zone. ???

dwmte

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de pronto says on Oct 10, 2007, 08:55:

thank you for adding me as a friend.

Kind regards

Sofía

... y viaje a Macondo todo pagado

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LA_MONA says on Oct 11, 2007, 01:21:

Yeah curvy sounds about right, and Morphus... I am always nice to him, I'm always nice to everyone bairms or not!

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Oct 11, 2007, 11:19:

Well I can't remember being horrible to him? I've been horrible about...hmmm twice on PBH since I joined in June, unless I have selective memory loss?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Oct 11, 2007, 13:16:

LMAO! MT geez what's wrong with me! I just read it again and got you completely, moral of the story? Read things properly, it wasn't a bad pun, just that my mind is consumed with exciting prospects at the mo.. (Colombia)

So if I do meet PowWow I will keep your recommendations in mind, although with that papito I can't promise anything, he drives all colombiana's mad with passion and makes women want to pull each others hair out in a jealous rage..what can I say, he's our natural prozac baby.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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podborski says on Oct 11, 2007, 18:34:

man t, i just sent you an email. If you have time to read it, it would be much appreciated

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LA_MONA says on Oct 12, 2007, 14:57:

MT when I get back, promise I'll see The Princess Bride, the name Inigo Montoya is haunting me.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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billyb says on Oct 12, 2007, 21:30:

I thought Mona was the Princess Bride.

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Man Tequila says on Oct 13, 2007, 00:32:

We are men of action, lies do not become us.

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LA_MONA says on Oct 13, 2007, 01:24:

MT have you tried arepa rellena? De carne, chicharron? It's to die for. I love the arepa de choclo as well though..

Not sure I'd count eating arepitas as penance jaja

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Oct 13, 2007, 02:24:

Dependiendo del hambre ;-)
I usually eat the arepitas with the rest of the frijoles or with the chicharron as you're meant to combine it like that, nothing better than a little arepita when you're eating a greasy portion of lechona too..mm que hambre.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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billyb says on Oct 13, 2007, 22:46:

"nothing better than a little arepita when you're eating a greasy portion of lechona"

Amen!!

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billyb says on Oct 14, 2007, 00:22:

Agreed.

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Portena says on Oct 20, 2007, 11:57:

Thanks for posting lillien's letter! Another scammer...

I feel better! I can smile at it now, I feel better. Ohhhh, better! Gnarls Barkley

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Man Tequila says on Oct 20, 2007, 12:20:

Yeah, they don't seem to be in short supply.

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LA_MONA says on Oct 26, 2007, 12:34:

Bizcocho! How have you been?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Oct 26, 2007, 12:43:

Jajaja you remembered!!
Yeah I tried it but the fried burrita is better ;-)
Pesto pasto jajaja

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Man Tequila says on Oct 26, 2007, 12:53:

Dice burradas con estas burritas.
Dolor de burriga, aburrido. Birria.

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LA_MONA says on Oct 26, 2007, 12:55:

JAJA!!
Ajajaja me dio un ataque de risa, de donde sales con tanta cosa?

Billy, elmo and yourself are the funniest ever.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Man Tequila says on Oct 26, 2007, 12:58:

Yeah, but only one of us looks fetching in a (cough, cough) "mauve" bow.

I think the "Mauve Panther" is coming on TV soon. Don't say sí, say oui.

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LA_MONA says on Oct 26, 2007, 13:10:

JAJAJA hope he doesn't read this!!

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Man Tequila says on Oct 26, 2007, 13:19:

Oh, he will. BillyB has too much time on his hands.

Though not much happened during your veraneo (otoñeo?), Gringoloid did post an important link to a "love calculator" (q.v. YourThang). Although we are not meant to be, I expect good results with HoustonGal (who is a bit of a Love Calculator Slut, unfortunately) or Perspehone. I also expect a rocky romance with BrazillianHottie, who is, according to my sources, still a guy.

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LA_MONA says on Oct 26, 2007, 13:42:

Jajaja so I told you that HG was a dark horse!

I wanna try this thing out!

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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billyb says on Oct 26, 2007, 20:09:

MT, no worries i meant "thinly" disguised as a pun, a bad one at that :) I knew you weren't slamming me, you're a good man.

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billyb says on Oct 26, 2007, 22:21:

"Yeah, but only one of us looks fetching in a (cough, cough) "mauve" bow"

Yes, but fetching in ONLY a mauve colored bow ;) And I think kat missnamed the LONG pink "element" as a bow :)

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LA_MONA says on Oct 29, 2007, 02:05:

Man T make sure to email me that list you and Podski came up with, I am especially interested in who is No.4 on the list ;-)

The last one, batshit insane (just love that expression) applies to quite a few around here, no?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Oct 31, 2007, 03:50:

Jijiji sorry but sometimes the edit button can be a bitch ;-)

The tourettes comes on when I'm either in badass mode or else I am really moody as I am losing the battle with Mr.Daaz and he makes me lose my self resect, then I get the tourettes.
Also like you said before, people with low blood sugar become combatative, so that will explain alot too..

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Oct 31, 2007, 03:52:

What's with the pic?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Oct 31, 2007, 08:23:

JAJAJA have you been reading billy's profile? Well I am an expert platano peeler, what can I do?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Oct 31, 2007, 08:41:

Now you do look like a banana peeler!
But green plantain and banana, not the same thing, different technique.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Oct 31, 2007, 09:29:

jajajjaj MT I like your avatar very funny jajaja

engage brain before opening mouth

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houstongal says on Oct 31, 2007, 13:52:

Oh Kermie....what has become of you?!

Culture is language and language is culture - Dr. Annamaria Napolitano

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Cerealkiller says on Oct 31, 2007, 14:21:

No worries ManT I am borderline guy, I can take a lot of nasty jokes... :P and ditto, you're one of my favorite posters as well. It's good that you like me as a poster, because I can guarantee you would despise me as a patient.

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives -John Stuart Mill

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LA_MONA says on Nov 1, 2007, 02:55:

Thanks for the dancing whateverhisnameis

Here, one good turn deserves another
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Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Nov 1, 2007, 04:47:

Well, I have a feeling we will meet, I am due to meet another PBHer in Cali too, so maybe we could all meet up and have a wild night out in Juanchito, we may even invite Campiña?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Nov 2, 2007, 04:08:

Oh yeah, the scary book!! How could I forget that traumaic experience?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Nov 2, 2007, 05:41:

Shhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Oh yeah?
Well I was looking at the half naked missy on your profile and I think there is some nipple there, that's outrageous!

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Nov 3, 2007, 02:07:

Ms Tovar? She's hot!

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Nov 3, 2007, 08:54:

Well, em, thanks for that....she's lovely..

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Colombiche says on Nov 5, 2007, 10:37:

Mantequila, you are going to love this:

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Colombiche says on Nov 5, 2007, 10:53:

Llegaron Las Putierrez:

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Man Tequila says on Nov 5, 2007, 13:37:

Great videos; it's good to see Octavio's spirit lives on in (guasca) songs like this and "Rata de dos Patas". Thanks, Colombiche.

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Colombiche says on Nov 6, 2007, 05:21:

This guy (Joaquin Bedoya) is one of the old timers as well, right along with Octavio Mesa.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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LA_MONA says on Nov 6, 2007, 07:39:

Las Putierrez? Jajaja

Oiga se juntaron el hambre con las ganas de comer....los mismos gustos LOL

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Nov 7, 2007, 13:18:

Yourself, Colombiche and I on a beach, rummaging for things to eat? Now that would be a hoot! I accept, but hold on, am I the chaperone or something?

Oh an vendor foods? I'm glad you feel that way seen as you work in A&E.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Nov 8, 2007, 03:00:

We'd probably go crackers....
Like you said before, where did we go so, so wrong...

OK this is getting a bit Campiña-ish now...

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Man Tequila says on Nov 8, 2007, 03:02:

I really think you should join Camps in his quixotic quest to teach English to the calenos.

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LA_MONA says on Nov 8, 2007, 03:07:

Yeah! I'll do it alright, I'll teach people to say rubbish instead of "garbage" and the proper equivalents to other american terms like this one.

Just kidding (see even I'm being americanised, usually I'd say joking) I acually really like the american accent.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Nov 8, 2007, 05:10:

Are Colombiche and yourself in the same city?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Man Tequila says on Nov 8, 2007, 13:23:

No.

Colombiche lives in the Colombian bakery district of Toronto, an hour south of my boring small town. I moved here to be close to work, but don't much like the boredom and lack of culture in small town life. Overdue for a change, so I will be moving shortly back to the city, where the pastures are less green, hopefully after a few months of world travel. My brother has lived in Toronto twenty years. My sister went to school there for ten years but recently accepted a job out west.

In my field, jobs are everywhere. In every town and city in Canada, even plenty in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand (been to Oz, which is oddly like Canada, though sunnier). No reason to stagnate in Hicksville. I could do a locum in Ireland, seeing the cities of Europe and North Africa on the weekends. For now, I think I want a more extended trip though. I've been lucky, and able to travel a lot for a week at a time here and there. Now is the time to travel on my own terms.

I really have to meet Colombiche. Hip, cultured, smart, probably unique.

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LA_MONA says on Nov 8, 2007, 13:31:

Man T no please please continue, I love that stuff! Colombiche IS pretty special, but even though you're not in the same city you are not that far apart, imagine you're only an hour away from this fascinating, unique woman...Colombiche I definitely think you should meet Man T for a coffee, seen as he will be travelling the world soon?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Colombiche says on Nov 9, 2007, 13:28:

"I really have to meet Colombiche. Hip, cultured, smart -- but above all unique. I believe there won't be another Colombiche, never ever, not even after the world runs out of sand to run through its dusty hourglass. I should add I feel quite silly thinking this way about someone I have never met, though am persuaded in my soul that this is true."

Oh my god.... How unique can I be? I am really just a run of the mill paisa, girl next door, except I don't have boob implants. I bite my nails and I drink 10 cups of green tea a day. What sets me appart if anything is my attention deficit disorder and the fact that I think Amparo Grisales should be the next president of Colombia.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Colombiche says on Nov 9, 2007, 13:35:

But I do agree that I am hip.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Man Tequila says on Nov 9, 2007, 14:33:

I'm really not in the habit of using flowery language. But I would say that I am not usually wrong about stuff like this -- much of my job is instinct, and knowing all types of people. I hesitated to write it because it sounds silly.

I once wondered if I had ADD, but then I decided that I just grew easily bored. So few people take the time to question convention, expand their horizons, travel off the beaten path, get away from top ten and pre-fab culture in convenient, easy-to-open packaging. It is so easy to get trapped in some humdrum routine. Canadians love humdrum, but we need more eccentrics and thinkers. Drives me nuts. Makes me bite my nails and turn to PBH.

I've been to many places. But I've never sought out a travel blog for any other country. When I go to Colombia, I find I have a smile on my face for the entire time. Maybe there are no mills in Paisa-land, it's a special place, and everyone here knows it and believes the hype. And believes the hip? Chicks in sombreros vueltiaos? Benny Benassi? Bachué? Don't know much, but I know cultured and smart when I see it -- Internet blogs are funny things, I sometimes blather stuff here my friends of thirty years don't know, or at least would find surprising.

I would eat my sombrero vueltiao if you are not everything I said. I find it's pretty commonplace in Toronto to discuss Freedom 55 and jumping into a pool to Octavio Mesa. And who wouldn't want to be in an Almodovar movie? You're not on the verge of a nervous breakdown, you just feel trapped. I sometimes feel trapped too. I like my work, but maybe I travel to get away from Hicksville.

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Colombiche says on Nov 9, 2007, 14:56:

My ADD is self diagnosed. I tried to convince a shrink that I was coo coo and he sent me out of his office saying I was possibly one of the sanest people he ever met ha ha ha.

I thought I was abnormal because I drift off and my eyes glaze over everytime people talk to me about anything that I am not at least slightly passionate about.

I think Canada is a wonderful benevolent country, but I find a big collective lack of passion. Maybe lack of adversity breeds complancency, I don't know. I find most people here somewhat mechanical. The people I know are content to take a yearly vacation. I can't stay in the same place for more than 2 months in a row without developing an existential itch.

My life is strangely similar to an Aldomovar film, except I don't chainsmoke and I don't talk like spaniard (neither do the people around me).

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Man Tequila says on Nov 9, 2007, 15:17:

Canada is a lucky country but the people here are complacent and lack passion (or are passionate about crap -- Donuts? Hockey? Maybe misplaced passion is better than none).

Too much cold and too little adversity. And yet always complaining!

I remember interviewing my first psych patient when I was a medical student. Poor woman saw devils everywhere, a Catholic upbrigning turned toxic. She thought I was a devil too. It was tough to keep a straight face. She explained "You are just here to steal my secrets. You want to know how I can turn pennies into nickels, and why I never lose at Yahtzee. But I recognize you... Lucifer! I won't tell the devil my secrets." Come to think of it, maybe she spoke with a lisp and was chain smoking Fortunas...

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Man Tequila says on Nov 10, 2007, 22:59:

The thing that trips up many people who think they have ADD is that the symptoms need to have been there before the age of seven.

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LA_MONA says on Nov 11, 2007, 01:33:

Bravo!!! Yo te perdono claro, perruño. Did the mermaids remind you of me? ;-)

I especially like the last verse:

On the whole life has been gracious,
Served and eaten my papaya
But the flakes of snow are falling
And I'm dreaming of the playa.
Dreaming of a happy ending
Lovers lost and found and pending
Dancing to the guacharaca
With my friends and my cachaça.

My sentiments exactly on this cold winter day!
Are you really a little drunk?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Nov 11, 2007, 01:35:

And reading the above comments I think as you call me brujita, I'll call you diablito ;-)

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Man Tequila says on Nov 11, 2007, 02:09:

Bazucojoe will be so pleased.

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goin_south says on Nov 11, 2007, 02:13:

MT....R.I.P.

Colombia es

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Man Tequila says on Nov 11, 2007, 09:52:

Here lies Man Tequila
Dreaming softly in the gutter
Raise a glass of rum to vida
(Too tacaño to add butter.)

I thought about making the last line "too tacaño to be butter", but rum and butter used to be a popular cocktail and the butter pun is there anyway. Same difference.

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Colombiche says on Nov 11, 2007, 20:45:

I like the poems you write when you are sober, but the drunken ones aren't so bad either, they are kind of funny.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Man Tequila says on Nov 11, 2007, 21:47:

Until the inspiration thread I hadn't written a poem in ages. I used to be okay at it. My high school English teachers thought I should do that. One cried when she found out I was going into engineering. This was mainly since she was heavily into the sauce. Her water glass always smelled like rum.

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Man Tequila says on Nov 11, 2007, 21:52:

I like writing poems. Should take up writing them again.

Or stories. Someone I know won the 2006 Giller Prize. Maybe the market is not yet saturated? Weren't you going to do an Almodovarian satire?

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Colombiche says on Nov 12, 2007, 05:30:

Reminds me of my highschool english teacher.

She was this 60 something year old Jewish lady, very stern, always had a sour puss look on her face. Everybody hated her because she gave out really low grades. Everytime I wrote an essay I would stay back chatting with her after class. We became good friends. She opened up to me and I found out she was battling cancer and she was not really a Jew, but rather, an agnostic.

We used to get into conversations about god, life and death. I remember my final essay was about this religious satire book that I picked. I really don't even remember how I approached the subject or anything. When she handed back my essay she didn't even grade it, she just said, thanks for letting me read it.

The last day of school I ran into her. We chatted. When she found out I was going into computer science she just looked at me and said "Why the f**k would are you going to do that?".

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Colombiche says on Nov 12, 2007, 05:36:

I had a web magazine going on for a while. I teamed up with a bunch of toronto based latino journalist and whipped it up with a 0 budget. We had some really good people on our team, some of them are currently radio DJ's, another one writes for PC World, the rest do local latin newspapers. Our editor used to be one of the editors for El Tiempo.

The magazine was good, got a bit of exposure. I also did some work with the local latin radio station. I wrote a couple of pieces for "El Correo Canadiense".

I never give out the link to the magazine because what I published there was my most pathetic, mediocre, embarrassing, half assed work ever. I am as amateur as amateur gets, but even by amateur standards, damn.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Man Tequila says on Nov 12, 2007, 09:27:

Oh, I'm sure you are being too hard on yourself. The magazine was good, like you say, and with seasoned professionals on the team, your work might seem more raw. If you had a good editor, he wouldn't have published crap. Plus you were probably doing this stuff on the side, which is commendable.

I worked in a grocery store for twenty hours a week while going through high school. I did okay, most of my first degree was paid for with scholarships.

One of the nurses at our hospital used to be a journalist in Ethiopia. An intelligent man, very lucky in his case to be in Canada.

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Colombiche says on Nov 12, 2007, 10:26:

I worked at a grocery store for 20 hours a week, sometimes more, while I was going to college.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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LA_MONA says on Nov 12, 2007, 10:29:

Please let me know, hey I have a pic that I could send you and you could photo shop a bruja hat onto it?

If that's not good enough then let me know what Colombiche and yourself come up with...

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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Colombiche says on Nov 12, 2007, 10:32:

I thought my work seemed somewhat raw, but the team ranged from amateur poets to people who have published several books.

Surprisingly though, when looking at hits, my articles ranked very high. I guess sometimes unpretentious and to the point sells.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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houstongal says on Nov 12, 2007, 10:36:

Hey MT....what's with the MP photo? I have a similar one that I took, but the sky was very blue with very few clouds.

Culture is language and language is culture - Dr. Annamaria Napolitano

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Man Tequila says on Nov 12, 2007, 10:45:

There is a lot to be said for unpretentious and to-the-point in journalism -- keep it simple. If your articles had many hits, you really are being too hard on yourself. I mean, you are writing for a target audience likely less cultured and educated than yourself. The Toronto Sun journalists, I am sure, do not need to write a Grade 4 level... well, maybe they do. ;)

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Colombiche says on Nov 12, 2007, 10:53:

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Man Tequila says on Nov 12, 2007, 10:59:

There is a lot to be said for... ah, I can't do it. Holy net lag. ;)

(Couldn't be bothered to rewrite the whole post again, two above.)

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Colombiche says on Nov 12, 2007, 11:16:

The magazine actually had a bit of an elite audience - mostly university-educated politically active latinos and artsy fartsy types. I was trying to branch out and appeal to a broader group. I mean, ultimately I was hoping that we would have enough traffic to start selling adspace. You can't do that if you are catering strictly to 1% of the total population. Heck, I can use very flowery language but I am also business minded.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Colombiche says on Nov 12, 2007, 11:18:

There is a lot to be said for... huh?

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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houstongal says on Nov 12, 2007, 12:38:

So when were you in MP? I was there Oct 2005. Spent 2 weeks traveling Peru.

Yup, I'm still going to BsAs. The Sao Paulo leg has been canceled but not Argentina. And you? What's the plan in Dec for you?

Culture is language and language is culture - Dr. Annamaria Napolitano

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LA_MONA says on Nov 12, 2007, 15:02:

What about his avatar? Too flowery?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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LA_MONA says on Nov 13, 2007, 01:02:

De verdad? Thanks jeje

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

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houstongal says on Nov 13, 2007, 08:47:

Jan '06 wasn't long after I was there. We were almost stuck in Aguas Caliente when the avalanche took out the railroad track. Got on the only train that left that day. It was a mini nightmare to get out, but at least we got out. A number of people were supposed to fly home that same day and missed their flight. Of course, I knew better and booked the flight home for 2 days after leaving MP .... just in case we got fogged in Cusco.

Sorry to hear of the snag, but I hope you can make it to Buenos Aires. I should be there a week earlier now and can take a few days off to tour the city.

Culture is language and language is culture - Dr. Annamaria Napolitano

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houstongal says on Nov 13, 2007, 12:00:

OMG - What an experience your friend had! I took the 10 (or was it 12?) hour bus trip from Nasca to Arequipa. The only exciting thing was stopping for what we think was a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. We have no idea what was going on. Everyone was barely awake. For some reason the bus driver kept playing the movie White Chicks at a fairly loud volume over and over.

Did you get sick in Peru? It seemed that everyone I've met who visited for an extended period of time got sick. Come to BsAs and I'll share my photos with you.

Where did you go? Started in Lima, then took a bus to Paracas, private car to Nasca, Arequipa, bus trip to Condor Canyon, flew to Cusco, private car to the Sacred Valley, train to MP (splurged at the Sanctuary Lodge), train and car Cusco, and flew back to Lima.

Culture is language and language is culture - Dr. Annamaria Napolitano

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Man Tequila says on Nov 13, 2007, 12:58:

I combined a trip to Argentina and Peru. In Peru I went to Lima, Nazca, Cuzco, MP and Lake Titicaca (near Puno). but I didn't stay in Aguas Calientes.

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houstongal says on Nov 13, 2007, 13:12:

I wanted to go to Lake Titicaca, but it just couldn't fit in the itinerary. Good for you for not staying in AC. It was a treat to stay at Sanctuary Lodge. I originally booked it thinking we could go to MP at night, but then they banned that practice in April of that year. Regardless, it was fun watching everyone line up to catch the buses at the end of the day while I could read on the balcony and have a drink.

I assume you flew over the Nasca lines?

Culture is language and language is culture - Dr. Annamaria Napolitano

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Man Tequila says on Nov 13, 2007, 15:03:

Yes, mademoiselle. I caught the bus and PeruRail train at the end of my day in MP. I did stay in a very nice hotel in Cuzco. That was a fun city, I liked going to Mama Africa and seeing that painting of The Last Supper where they are serving guinea pig (cuy).

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houstongal says on Nov 13, 2007, 15:10:

Unfortunately we didn't spend much time in Cusco. We arrived in a downpour and the next day hit the Sacred Valley (stayed in Ollataytambo and Urubamba in a couple of beautiful hotels). And the return to Cusco was significantly delayed by that avalanche. I think we finally got to Cusco around 10 or 11 pm. I did see the painting you described. There was a version of it in a church in Lima. The guide pointed out the cuy. Did you eat cuy? I refused. But the alpaca steak was yummy!

Culture is language and language is culture - Dr. Annamaria Napolitano

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Man Tequila says on Nov 13, 2007, 16:38:

Cuy was good, didn't try the alpaca. I had to drink a lot of coca mate to calm the Cuzco headache. Kind of liked the taste.