Here´s a big and important difference. When you live in a developing country, things function differently. Mostly, the societies is not built on running efficiently but other things like tradition. This makes them lovely for learning, attending beautiful cultural events, and people connection to what´s come before. It´s bad for wifi connections, calling airlines, city planning, painful traffic, calling banks, moving through crowds when carring piles of laundry, and non-functional websites. You also get less stressed and anxious people who are probably more content. So, take a breath. Pretty much everything, including the line you´re currently standing in, is going to take longer than you expect. It´s the cost of admission and I recommend keeping breathing and work out your muscles of patience.
The Malecon in Miraflores