Taking a boat ride | Ma Vida Loca

Duration: 5'09''

Synopsis

You take a boat ride down the local canal with your Spanish friend Merche, but you are followed by a mysterious stranger. Your phrase book helps you ask what time the boat leaves and how much a ticket costs.

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