An elsewhere Christmas

Christmas in South America is a whole lot like celebrating it in New Zealand. It's summer (albeit filthy hot), the mosquitoes are biting and we've been eating more than our fair share of barbecued kebabs and sausages on the streets. There are lights strung up along the alleyways and the Santas are sweating away in their suits.

But then I hear salsa music from inside bars and jokes told in Spanish among friends and that damn parrot outside my room squawking away and I know I'm very far from home on this Christmas.

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