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Insider Notebook:  So Then What? (Entonces que?)

A wonderful little story to help those extranjeros (strangers or foreigners) understand the Baja way of life.  

A Gringo (generally meaning an American) is walking down the beach and comes across a Baja fisherman lying in the shade next to his panga ( small open boats) retired with a cerveza , before mid day. The Gringo asks the Baja fisherman “Why aren’t you out there fishing?” He continues with “You could be out there fishing longer, and make more money.” 

The Baja fisherman replies “So then what?” 

The Gringo in dismay replies “Then you could even hire an employee and the both of you could fish and make even more money.” 

The Baja fisherman replies “So then what?” 

The Gringo once again has the answer. “You can then buy another panga and have two boats with two fishermen making a whole lot more money.” 

The Baja fisherman replies once again “So then what?”

The Gringo has his final vision and replies “Well then you can hire employees to do all the work and then sit back here on the beach and drink beer all you want!

The Baja Fisherman in final reply, takes another swig of his cerveza and offers one to the Gringo. 

Many of you may have already heard versions of this but if you haven’t I hope you enjoy and reflect on it for a moment. I thought it a great way to better understand the seemingly lack of desire to aggressively to “get ahead”, that people from other more modern lifestyles are trained to do. Give it some thought as you kick back under a palapa (if you don’t know what that is you need to get to Mexico bad) with a cold one and listen to the breeze in the palms. 

That’s a great idea. I’m headed back to the hammock, Jaime

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