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As soon as the chancleta popped up, it started shooting down this quickly-moving river.

¡Adios chancleta! ¡Que le vaya bien! 2008

Though I mourned the loss of my chancleta, I received lots of ¨Peace Corps Points¨for my story.

¡Adios chancleta! ¡Que le vaya bien! 2008

She received significanly more "Peace Corps Points" for this incident than I did for losing my chancleta.

¡Adios chancleta! ¡Que le vaya bien! 2008

Here I am, soaking wet, with the remaining chancleta:

¡Adios chancleta! ¡Que le vaya bien! 2008

I started to chase it, almost knee deep in water and with only one chancleta on, but it hit a gutter and floated even faster than before and "se fue" was gone.

¡Adios chancleta! ¡Que le vaya bien! 2008

I took another step, and as I lifted up my right foot, I stepped out of my chancleta flip-flop.

¡Adios chancleta! ¡Que le vaya bien! 2008

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