Do not drink the water out of the tap if you plan on traveling to or staying in Latin America. The water usually isn’t potable because they don’t use the same type of water treatment plants as they do in the U.S. If you happen to accidentally drink the water out of the tap, you [...]
In the streets of Latin America there is one major thing you need to be aware of—pedestrians do not have the right of way. If a pedestrian walks across the street at a cross walk (2 solid parallel white lines) in the U.S., all vehicles must slow down to let the pedestrian cross. Most cross [...]
This week I’d like to talk about personal space. You may not have thought about it very much; however, you’ll know it exists after today. I don’t know how it is in other parts of the world, (those of you from Australia, England, and so forth can inform me) when people talk to each other [...]
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The holiday of Cinco De Mayo, The Fifth Of May, commemorates the victory of the Mexicans over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. It is primarily [...]