Nomadico issue #206

Weed Smuggling is Still Alive and Well

As easy as it is to buy weed legally in so many places now, I would have thought that trying to smuggle huge amounts of it would be a thing of the past. But no. First, Sri Lanka arrested 22 Buddhist monks who were transporting 5 kilos each in suitcases. Then in Mexico, a drug-sniffing dog led police to 1,278 kilos of marijuana hidden in a shipment of eggs in a truck . The smugglers weren’t too bright: the truck didn’t have any license tags. (May be paywalled—Mexico News Daily.)

Good Books for Language Comprehension

My spoken Spanish is not where I’d like it to be since I’m working all day in English and only use it when I’m out, but my reading comprehension is good because of fiction books I load onto my Kindle that are meant for intermediate learners. These try to get you in the habit of not stopping to look up every word you don’t know, but reading at a normal pace to understand most of what’s happening.…