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Come down to the ocean.
All the hills are covered
with green grass.
We left Acapulco at two
after sending a telegram
ashore by the 'paseo' to
Mr. Taylor. Arrived in
La Libertad at 2 P.M. that
is the boat did. After
much fooling around we
got ashore at five. No
documents or certificates
of any sort were required.
The Doctor was the only one
we saw - and one look
seemed to be enough.
We received a telegram
from Mr. Taylor's secretary, Mr. Panto,
Telling us to call on reaching
port, which I did felt too
late.
We left our stuff in the
customs for the the night
and looked for a hotel,
but ran into some American
U.C. men who had a machine
ordered to go to Salvador.
City we went along a
shared expense at 4 colones -
#2 each. One fellow previous
had asked #7½ each of the
unsuspecting tourists!
We arrived in the city
about 7 P.M. at the hotel