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El Alto Gringo Escribe de Mexico

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D.J. Byrnes
Jul 22, 2019
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Been in Mexico for three days and have yet to become fluent in Spanish despite being the tallest person in this country by at least two inches. Disappointing to say the least.

Thanks to the engineers behind Google Translate, I was nonetheless able to make friends with Mexicans, Cubans, South Koreans, Colombians, and Venezuelans.

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