Miguel and I sat at dinner one night trying to figure out which direction we needed to go next.  We liked to fold our map nice and small so it fit right in the palm of the hand, and was barely noticeable as we cruised around trying to look like we knew where we were going.  At the table is a great place to use up your quizzical looks as to not draw attention to yourself while standing  at a "walk" signal at a busy intersection turning the map in circles.  The only problem was that we knew exactly where we were, at the corner of "Claro" and "Claro".  Odd, don't you think, that two streets are named the same thing? 

Strangely enough, we could pinpoint where we should have been on the map, but the actual streets of Claro could not be found anywhere on the map!  Streets in Argentina, like Bellingham, have a habit of changing from one name to another mid-stream, or continuing on after an awkward turn.  We didn't think much of it, just figured the map wasn't showing such detail.  

That was until, we noticed that the next day, several minutes on a subway and walked blocks away - there was another corner of "Claro" and "Claro".  Something was amiss.  What was it then?  Just telling you to "Be Careful", "Be Careful"?  Then, to make it even more confusing, there was a building with "Claro" on it in the same red letters!  There were advertisements on the subway, billboards for Claro everywhere.  Nothing ever actually said what Claro was.  I just looked it up and apparently it's a huge cell phone company.  That propaganda had us utterly confused for most of our time in Argentina.  Sweet.