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Latin America

tblue

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2. I remember HUGE avocados and skinned guinea pig

Reply to Bacchus4.0 (Original post)

Wed Jan 14, 2015, 10:25 AM

Jan 2015

And milk in a bag, and, yes, so many varieties of potatoes.

One of my favorite things when I've traveled is to go look around a supermarket. More culturally informative and fascinating than almost any museum.

ETA: This was Peru.

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unbelievable scenes at supermarkets in Bogota and Peru [View all] Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 OP

Obviously CIA photoshopping. Haven't you heard about COLGATE4 Jan 2015 #1

I remember HUGE avocados and skinned guinea pig tblue Jan 2015 #2

me too. kong hing on Arubas my fave elehhhhna Jan 2015 #4

Guinea Pig? Don't they have little meat and lots of bones? DetlefK Jan 2015 #5

Guinea pig is eaten quite a bit in Peru and Ecuador "cuy" Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 #6

Goat is very tasty...especially in spicy Nigerian stew. n/t JimDandy Jan 2015 #8

the variety of fruit is what blows me away n/t Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 #7

Wide aisles! NV Whino Jan 2015 #3