Strangers ask to have their pictures taken with me. I wonder what they tell people when they show them the photos. "Here I am with a guy I saw in the Park."
I once knew a guy who got free meals and bus tickets all over Latin America, because he carried with him a photograph he had doctored up to make it look like he was shaking hands with the Pope.
In China, having a photo of yourself with an American has some kind of value. In China, the Pope is just a guy with a funny hat. In China, I'm bigger than the pope.
