In retrospect, we should have left most of our fancy American stuff in the US. It doesn't fit in here. Our fancy fibers get ruined by the wet and the mold and the salt and the sand; we lose random articles in all the moving around; our $300 Goretex jackets are useless when it is 90 degrees out; and we look goofy because you can't buy the same things here as you can in the US. Lately, we have lost some of our lux items by leaving them laying around. We left our high-end dog leash at a restaurant and our Black Diamond treking pole at a campground (pictured) and both were gone faster than you could say "finders keepers." It's one of the rules here. With the exception of The Language Club who collectively returns my Yeti coffee cup every single time, if you leave your stuff laying around, it ain't your stuff no more. Nothing personal, it's just the way it is and it may be one of the reason for all of the fences and walls around here.
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