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a side note I remembered the other day: when arriving at the El Salvador/Guatemala border, when we ran into Udo, the german. we were practically acosted by the "tramitadores" or facilitators of paperwork if you will. we were watching as they were also giving one of the "tramitadores" a hard time, and found out that the kid was deaf/mute. I thought that was bullshit, and they wouldn't let him in to try and get our business. so i told all the other "tramitadores" to fuck off....and signed to the kid, to take care of my paperwork...but that he better not fuck up, or no tip...holy shit, that kid jumped on the paperwork, and when he had to stand in line...he would weasel his way up to the front....push his way thru and sign that he needed the paperwork done, making himself well understood. I had to admire this kid...cause thru that kind of adversity, in a country like this, he had decided to fight his way to the surface of the proverbial pond.......I just smiled and watched as he kicked ass, got us our paperwork done..fast, I might add....and then signed that whatever we felt was fair, he would take as a tip. being that an average tip for them is like 10 dollars. i gave the kid 20 bucks, and the other guys gave him cash too. we did it out of site of his "buddies" as they would later hit him up and make him split it. so we gave him 10 bucks in plane sight, and I told him to palm the other 20-30 bucks, so he wouldn't have to split them.
moving on...here's a photo of the old way of crushing the maguey plants after they are cooked........
moving on...here's a photo of the old way of crushing the maguey plants after they are cooked........