plonge, plongeur, plonk...

:)

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

i enjoy reading your work here very much, thanks or contributing.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

thanks also for the tip about the prado, i'd very much like to make that happen.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

Second diary - or more - please.

By the way - two of those three statues seem to be eating/carrying bananas or something. Seems an odd subject for sculpture.

paul spencer

you can see the cloven hoofprint of el norte everywhere i've been so far, but from what i'm reading in the local press, it's china C.R wants to jump in bed with, now uncle sam's having his drawers quartered.

i just read that the chinese gvt just donated 20 patrol cars to the police here.

there's a lot more where that came from...

it's more gaudy than gaudi, the kitschfest shiny angels, etc, but it's on the cheapo. it's a far cry from the third world, but this is equally far from being a prosperous-feeling country.

considering the poverty, the peoples' equaniminity is admirable. i look forward to getting as deep as i can into the experience as i can, within the time frame.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

i have held back a long time also from central and s. america, there's a side that has always appealed, but a darker side that was too fascistic-seeming for my taste.

i think i'll be back, there's something i am feeling here that's very new and different.

the warmth is already helping my body feel lighter and more rubbery, joints loosening...

and the fruit! mountain apples, sapotes, hayden mangoes, oh, it's good to feel those special sugars and vitamins singing through the blood again.

when i lived in the tropics long-term, it was the peaches, apples and grapes, apricots and nectarines i missed, now i'm realising how much i missed tropical fruit.

s. jose is not at sea level, and i hear down on the coast it's seriously hot, perfect beach weather.

first a week quite a bit higher though, abd if it's this cool in S.J., i expect it'll be light sweater (or for ladies, shawl) temperatures in the evenings.

best wishes for a nice winter too, fran. i hear the alps have more snow this year than any of the last ten, and hardly any people visiting, because of the economy. do you like snow sports?

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

we found a vegan restaurant, called 'vishnu', and had the best meal here yet, topped off with the tangy drink your link described, and yesterday i turned my partner onto 'spoon meat', the delicious white flesh of the still-young coconut, before its oil and fibre content matures.

pura vida!

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

i will be concentrating hard this coming week starting tomorrow, but will keep jotting down notes and snapping away for a second installment in 10 days or so.

what a country, i am tenderly amazed...

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

Of course, muggings only happen in those poorer countries....</snark>

It happens to tourists around the world, in NYC, in LA, in Miami you can be shot,... but it´s not a cliche to perpetuate.  In our dear north, the govts. are mugging everyone of us daily with the richboyz crisis, but that´s a ´free market mugging´ so it doesn´t count.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. -Charu Saxena.