Yikes! [as some would say]
You're right. I should have read more both above and below. I was in a hurry
and read only what I though related to the weekly tripoint fair in what I took
to be an otherwise routine travelogue of the usual sort.
Thanks for the correction.
I still say that it should be that cordial at every tripoint--even that one!
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 9:41 AM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: BM or sign
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> Peter Smaardijk wrote:
>
> > Another one at http://tinyurl.com/68h4h
> > Peter
>
> For those who don't read Spanish, part of the text is worth
translating:
>
> "For more than 50 years, between 10 in the morning and two in
afternoon every
> Sunday, the inhabitants of the towns located on the frontier of
Chile, Perú, and
> Bolivia meet at the tripartite landmark, demarcated by a cement
monolith painted
> white.
>
> "It is called the Tripartite Fair, an instance of meeting in which
the Chileans
> of the locality of Visviri, Peruvians of Alto Perú, and the
Bolivians of Charaña
> interchange products, such as skins of llamas and alpacas,
household appliances,
> vegetables, and foods.
>
> "Just last Sunday, three troopers and a second lieutenant of the
customs police
> of Bolivia participated actively in the event, where they
conversed, animated
> and cordially waving, with the policemen of the Possession of
Visviri."
>
> Neat, huh? It should be that way at every tripoint!
Read on, read on!
It didn't stay that cordial.
Peter
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