Our fantastic friend Justin prepared us for this trip by writing travel guides based on his trips to South America and Mexico (you can see his photos here: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/~justin/SA/). While this information has come in handy a time or two, if we overlook one of Justin´s recommendations, he gets testy and starts citing himself, saying things like "I wrote about this in your guide. See Rubinstein, Ecuador, pp. 2." Truth.
Luckily for us, Justin clued us in to an oversight we had made in almost skipping Shantas Pizzeria in Vilcabamba, Ecuador. We headed over and tried the recommended "Licor de Serpiente" and our liver´s haven´t been the same since. It´s a very concentrated licor that has a fermented coral snake in the bottle. Hurrah to the guides that keep on giving.
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For once they take my advice, and what do they get? A picture with "Mr. Por Favor"...also known as the man with that sweet mustache. I hope you guys got some batidos at Shanta's too, they taste much better than the Serpiente! Now you just need to go to Laos to get some more Snake Juice*
*Please see previous post regarding Rubinstein's tendency to self-cite.
Justin-Schmustin... I came and visited you damn it! You and your worldly friends...
That crustache is fantastic!
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