page 8 - February 18, 1976 - North Shore News Se

by. Jim Brooks
Barra de Navidad, Mexico:

La Turista observes no’
social distinctions. As a
matter of sordid fact, there is.
nothing more satisfying to
the eyeballs of. the lunch- ©
bucket brigade than a Senior -
Executive type or his dia- |}
_mond-encrusted - spouse, ~..
clutching .their respective -
- and twitching bowels as they”
tread the uneven. cobble-
stones of a ‘street in- a
Mexican village! ee

The Aztec Two-Step, also.
-known as Montezuma’s Rev-.
enge, strikes Without prior -
verification of a bulging
sheaf of travellers’ cheques.

The tableau is, if you will,
a gem from Mark Twain or |
an exquisite sliver from O..
Henry:

Huge savings on sofas; chairs; love seats; 7
amps, pictures and occasional tables. wes |
_ Shop early for best selection. NRE

‘The Maguey plant: is a. popular | source for ‘honey water”? in Mexico. Tourists, however, are
. . _ best advised to stick to less. exotic liquids and- carefully selected and’ cleaned focdstufis.
The Senior Executive fum-

bles a sheaf of fifty-dollar Others ~ more cautious. 7
traveller’s cheques while . The Senorita removes fifty’ - pur chase on arrival a a papayas, oranges, tomatoes
retaining an uncertain con- centavos from Joe’s pelm;. of Neotracina, which . or whatever you have selec-
trol over the turbulent gracefully. presents him with - “manufactured © "bye one of ted from the colorful heaps in
commotion in his inner two feet of the essential and,

er . the marketplace.
mechanisms. noting ‘his anguish, speeds: org tay eo ictreary
7 ~ him on-his-way with ‘‘Vaya=: ° + They: will, shortly be free of
A the door of Ei Excusado, con Dios!’’...while the Senior. ‘idea is to put more. faith in

the bug and you can happily
pouring forth torrents of Exec grows purple in the face ~ here the Bug hace private ‘gorge yourself.
Jiquid Spanish, the Senorita and flourishes a Diners’. §, a. Pp . )
in charge attempts to explain Card. —~. . amping groune
‘that entry to. the sacred ; ee, Soy
portals depends on_ fifty This, of course, is some- Atleast cv ofthese ‘only’?
centavos (four cents), for thing the Senorifa has never jigt which leads. to-some.”
which she will wave a magic seen -in her life. She. - is: un. e. ase in’ the sublic- ‘min d
wand opening the portals © fascinated: She comments in Pp

- Salud, Amigo!

hat side. effects might’ be

and will dispense some two voluble ‘Spanish. - oe t

feet of toilet paper as you P Ce epic hunting: for. ‘the -

whip briskly by. “Tt is! wasted: oO i nn
A further translation ree ‘So, for those whose joints

veals that (a). he has never .:° Now. all. this.” pain and. Fespond n not too, well. to the :

seen a fifty-dollar traveller’s  -anquish sto. the. fe
‘cheque; (b) she wouldn’t have been avoided by: a few j

touch it with a ten foot pole, simple precautions, the surf and the palm fronds

and (c). El Senor shouldn’t | - a "Without searchin | io te . “a
have eaten that Tostada con In past. years ° tourist to coat- anger, here is a tried- : :
‘Pollo y Ensalada at the sunny__..Mexico, __ happily and-true recipe.” | fron benches
market this morning! _ clutching "their: bundles of

. tourist: cards, and.” airline -: Equip - “yourself with a
Meanwhile, Joe, who runs tickets, have boarded a jet - ‘supply of Halazone tablets.
the local gas pump and does with their innards flinching .. They have been an essential
a pretty. good valve and ring - ‘under.a ‘dosage of. Enterovio- ‘for-armed forces, explorers, ;
job back in Canal Flats, B.C., form:.or’ “Mexiform.. The: ‘mountaineers and similar’
fishes in ,his pocket . with -_ general i dea, igather, was to twits for- years. Toss a few
‘fingers that are still ‘be- -attain..a saturation point. in. into a-pot or plastic bucket of
gtimed. with, crankcase oil the internal plumbing: before ‘water, which they will gently

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and produces several pesos' meeting the Bug oe i thlorinate. _. Filing in . the - _ on ta co ae

and various other coins. All 7 Me _ ; mee Ot

of them are in the Centavo ae

area, which neatly separates

Joe from the gent flourishing

the = fifty - ‘dollar’ travellers’
cheque.

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