I think the sad part about this is two fold. She is too self absorbed to understand that this is a trip of a life time, and if she is too "sheep-like" that she cannot read and discern marketing materials, then she just needs to purchase the condo next to the Wal-mart and pre-pay for the daily taxi ride.
And, she is possibly not inquisitive enough to ask "why?" the rivers in this part of the country run brown part of the year...which takes us back to point one.