Listening to such exchanges, I often pictured a river, set in its banks and rolling on.
But last month Nicaragua went further: a group of Nicaraguans dredging the river set up camp on the Costa Rican side, backed by about 50 soldiers.
In 1996, he quit, moved to Terlingua, Texas, and, having never before worked on a river, set out to become a guide.
"SUZHOU RIVER" Set in contemporary Shanghai, the Chinese director Lou Ye's melodrama about obsession is, among other things, an homage to "Vertigo".
It contains a two-story-high waterfall that flows into an 18-inch-deep river set into the living room floor.
The kitchen's quiet excellence, its use of first-rate ingredients and the serenity of the river setting all contribute to an unusually pleasant dining experience, whatever the time of day.
The 12 semicircular arches of portland stone, rising in a graceful camber over the river, set a high standard of engineering and architectural achievement for the next generation and stood for a hundred years.
Don't miss the Iguana Park, beneath the neo-gothic cathedral, where reptiles roam free, and across the river, set in mangroves, caiman, monkeys and parakeets can be observed in the Parque Histórico.
When the great crest of 1937 came down the river — setting an all-time record at Natchez — enough of the new improvements were in place to see it through in relative safety, with the final and supreme test presented at Bonnet Carre, where the gates were opened for the first time.
