It is time now for the final installment in our different/strangely fascinating food from foreign countries. We round out this series with tales of culinary adventures in Latin America.

Before I go on, I must say that I had the some of the best Mexican food of life on my recent visit to Guadalajara, Mexico (which I promise to blog about very soon!). While a lot of people think of Mexican food as the kind of stuff they serve at Taco Bell, authentic Mexican is actually so varied and simply delicious! I was able to try so many types of soft-tortilla tacos, quesadillas, seafood and home cooking. I don’t know if I can pick a favorite but I think I could eat anything if you put mole (a spicy-sweet sauce made up of chocolate, chilies and other ingredients) on it.

But I digress! After the jump, read about the interesting kinds of food people have had while on the road in Latin America plus the fried rodent above will be explained.

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Firstly, both Tom and I here in the North America office have both had cow tongue tacos in Mexico, which is definitely a delicacy. With a little salsa on it, it was muy bueno.

Laurens, the Head of our Dutch recruitment office, had snake in Brazil.

But the best story comes again from Ian in the UK office. I will let him take it away:

“A volunteer I met said she was having a great time in Peru until it got to her birthday. I asked what the problem was and she said how that when she returned to her host family, they had organised a surprise birthday party with all her friends. There was lots of singing and toasting. She sat down to dinner and burst into tears seeing a guinea pig looking up at her from her plate. The family looked a bit bemused and wondered what they had done wrong until one of her friends explained that she had a pet guinea pig that ran around her garden back home.”

Talk about a surprise!