> So this is just the kind of cultural disaster you could predict - it doesn't really tell us anything new. Oh absolutely (you've pretty much described the sit

> So this is just the kind of cultural disaster you could predict - it doesn't really tell us anything new. Oh absolutely (you've pretty much described the situation spot on). It was just a related anecdote :) (incidentally he was fairly poor in Venezuela but had distant family in the UK who managed to pay for him to make it over to university here. The girl was generally extremely naive: but in her eyes was wordly, experienced and a bit radical. You can imagine who was more interesting to hang with - Jose is one of the people that kicked off my fascination with South America)