Understanding South America - Lesson One: Things are not always as they seem to be...

Example #1: So, your bus says it is taking you to... hmm, let's say Pisco, for example. Your ticket says you are going to Pisco. The schedule on the wall says the bus to Pisco is leaving in 10 minutes. These are all distortions of the truth. In reality you will be dumped 5 kms away from your destintion on the side of the PanAmerican highway as bait for the taxi voltures.

Example #2: It says Ketchup.... trust me, it is not the Ketchup you know and love. Don't eat it.

Example #3: This old lady. Look at her closely. To the untrained eye it would appear that she is only a little old indigenous lady chattering on a cell phone while leaning against a post. Nice try! That's what they want you to believe. She's soooo transparent, everyone knows little old indigenous ladies don't just chatter away on cell phones. Plus, she's not leaning against the post, she's hiding behind it. Yes, in reality she is actually an undercover CIA agent waiting to send instructions into Colombia should the impending results of yesterday's elections go... oh, I don't know... wrong.