ECONOMICAL SYSTEM

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CUANTO CUESTO POR FAVOR ?
The best SanBlas platano bread it seems.
It's price, as often for the rest, varies whether (but who could blame them):
1. Your Gringo features show or not (hard to hide)?
2. The quality of your Spanish accent?
3. Your gender (M/F)?
Him: 60 pesos
Myself: 45 pesos

For bottled water in big container -refill-, who would think we would but, no choice here, no one drinks tap water. Agua purificada.
Him: 25 pesos
Myself: 15 pesos

I believe it's the accent :-)
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In an economical system where you can hardly feed all your kids with your fishing, what kind of feedback loop could we put in place to avoid feeling like western ricos when trying to participate in local economy (or should we, to start with, react, wobble, feedback loop I mean, I am not questioning participation.). Communication feels like the best asset. I am not the type to negotiate under -wealth- perceptions. Paying 20 pesos instead of 15 because I am considered more financially at ease seems fair enough. I am here, therefore I am. I defend and encourage fair trade of course. Was gender the issue, I would -fight-, under recognition of my strong desire to adapt myself and share a culture, I would manifest myself. Otherwise, I just wish to slowly build some trustful relationships. As Kauffman would perhaps say, it is a complex system where energy is spent to maintain itself and the need to be pro-active in order to initiate changes in its environment is needed and very precarious.

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SOBRE LA PLAZA
Beautiful San Blas bells, feels like being in a Pagnol novel or film. Will add bottom of the church later, otherwise it would be indecent.
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