Uno por Elmo

The New York Times had an article in the Travel section about Tayrona National Park and I thought this comment was interesting:

"Lorenzo, a Kogui Indian from the adjacent Sierra Nevada mountain range, had recently moved his family into the park to take advantage of an explosion of tourism in this former war zone. Now he was selling the juice of the maracuyá fruit, and posing for photographs for tourists at 2,000 pesos, or about $1, a snap. “The government tried to throw us out, but they just gave up," he said. “This land belonged to the Kogui long before it belonged to Colombia."

What I noticed was how the speaker seemed to differentiate himself from Colombia.

For the whole article: http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/travel/11Explorer.html

By john_stark on Nov 17, 2007, 05:38 in Friendly Talkzone.

john_stark says on Nov 17, 2007, 05:44:

Of course we have to have the classic boy and burro photo.

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Nov 17, 2007, 06:50:

Chubby cheeks hasn't missed too many meals. Can't say the same about the animal.

elmodefoque says on Nov 21, 2007, 07:55:

"What I noticed was how the speaker seemed to differentiate himself from Colombia." JS

I’ve been saying this for years but what do I know? I know NOTING

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one.Curramba, el mejor vividero del mundo!