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Many urban people believe that the world ends at the outskirts of town. Yet, in my own experience, this is not so.
Many years ago, I traveled to Lima, Peru, where I grew up in the 1950s and '60s.
While there, I visited my father, who is from Huarochiri, one of ten provinces in the department of Lima. [The latter is
one of twenty-four departments in Peru].
As was my father's custom, he invited me for an outing.
After a little more than three hours, we reached the town of Antioquia, about 80 km east of Lima.
The place, however, is largely unknown, because a lack of paved roads discourages most people from reaching it.
That evening I met some friends at a party in Lima. One of them asked me: How are you doing?"
I said: Fine, I just came back from Antioquia." To which he solemnly responded: "There is no Antioquia here!"
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