Comments on: Cuesta Cinco Quetzales http://weblog.lowpro.ca/2009/10/01/cuesta-cinco-quetzales/ a personal journal Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Sean http://weblog.lowpro.ca/2009/10/01/cuesta-cinco-quetzales/comment-page-1/#comment-41635 Sean Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:08:33 +0000 http://weblog.lowpro.ca/?p=469#comment-41635 No way man, just Eugene, Oregon to LA. Also, the buses in Mexico are WAAAY better than the ones in the states! No way man, just Eugene, Oregon to LA. Also, the buses in Mexico are WAAAY better than the ones in the states!

]]> By: Adeel http://weblog.lowpro.ca/2009/10/01/cuesta-cinco-quetzales/comment-page-1/#comment-41634 Adeel Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:26:13 +0000 http://weblog.lowpro.ca/?p=469#comment-41634 HOLY FUCK! LOS ANGELES TO MEXICO CITY BY GREYHOUND? I'D RATHER WALK AROUND BAGHDAD IN A MINISKIRT. YOU, SIR, ARE THE KING OF TRAVEL. HOLY FUCK! LOS ANGELES TO MEXICO CITY BY GREYHOUND? I’D RATHER WALK AROUND BAGHDAD IN A MINISKIRT. YOU, SIR, ARE THE KING OF TRAVEL.

]]> By: Adeel http://weblog.lowpro.ca/2009/10/01/cuesta-cinco-quetzales/comment-page-1/#comment-41633 Adeel Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:18:39 +0000 http://weblog.lowpro.ca/?p=469#comment-41633 I had dinner once in Kyrgyzstan with four strangers that I was traveling with: three Kyrgyz and a Swiss guy. The total for five people was about $5. She pointed at me and said $2, and pointed to the Swiss guy and said $3. He was kind of upset at paying $3 for a meal that was obviously worth about 75 cents, and thought she was ripping him off. I pointed out that nobody else had even paid, so she was simply charging us for their meals. We swore at everybody in English with smiles on our face and continued on our way. The world of small change scams is amusing for just how low the stakes are, kind of like what Henry Kissinger said about student politics (they're vicious because the stake are so low). I had dinner once in Kyrgyzstan with four strangers that I was traveling with: three Kyrgyz and a Swiss guy. The total for five people was about $5. She pointed at me and said $2, and pointed to the Swiss guy and said $3. He was kind of upset at paying $3 for a meal that was obviously worth about 75 cents, and thought she was ripping him off. I pointed out that nobody else had even paid, so she was simply charging us for their meals. We swore at everybody in English with smiles on our face and continued on our way.

The world of small change scams is amusing for just how low the stakes are, kind of like what Henry Kissinger said about student politics (they’re vicious because the stake are so low).

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