[Evans, Marv]

I've seen some ugly Americans, but one stands out. When I was traveling in the Yucatan and Central America years ago, a guy (math professor at an eastern university) I met in Isla Mujeres asked if I wanted to travel with him a ways and split the gas for his Land Cruiser. Sounded good to me. I quickly found out he was one of those ugly Americans. The highlight of his actions was when his Land Cruiser started acting up using lots of oil as we got to Belize City. Our experience there is another story, but he got a recommendation for a mechanic and we went there. The guy agreed to leave his Land Cruiser there to be worked on and before he left, he pointed his finder in the owner's face and told him not to pull any funny stuff. After he picked his car up, we left for Guatemala and parted ways at Tikal. I ran into him again in Oachaca (sp?), and he told me his car was in a shop again. When I asked him about it, he said he didn't understand. His car ran well for a hundred miles or so and really started using huge amounts of oil again. I didn't bother to tell him why.