Sunday, March 2, 2008

Greetings in South America

People at this end of the world substitute hand shakes with kisses for greetings. It is weird getting used to it but seeing two women or a man and a woman kissing is not unusual. It is a little disconcerting, tho, to see two men kissing. But last nite was the best one yet. We were having dinner at an outside cafe that was next to a bar where two burly bouncers were keeping watch over the riff raff that were entering. Along comes this mafioso type of dude and the three of them kiss. It was a real National Geographic moment!

Speaking of kissing, it is perfectly normal for young couples to display affection to one another in public. And I mean REAL affection. They are smucking into one another everywhere. You sit on a park bench and a couple sit next to you and they start. They almost suck the faces off of one another. It´s the slopping and slurping noise that gets to me.... it´s like eating next to someone who has their mouth open chewing their food. It´s DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!

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