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Paper Thin Spirits

Paper Thin Spirits

    Cartegena, Columbia is a spirit place even if I hate its heat, humidity, street vendors, and dirty streets. There are spirits in that Old City behind huge locked doors, in notches cut into stone walls that held big guns aimed at pirate ships coming for...

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Ronald McDonald For President 2016

Ronald McDonald For President 2016

    Ronald doesn't mind getting photographed. Just five minutes ago, two kids sat next to the icon eating fries and sipping Coca Cola. How is it that a clown can become the most famous person in the world? Ronald's only resume is red hair, crazy colored...

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Protest Cuenca, Ecuador,December 4, 2015

Protest Cuenca, Ecuador,December 4, 2015

    When people are shut out from having a say about what happens to them, by those they have elected, protests are inevitable. Some protests move into chaos and violence,some are contained, others are snuffed out like the tip of a burning candle. I make...

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Break and Enter Belize locked out of Number three unit

Break and Enter Belize locked out of Number three unit

    Lodgers left and leave the only key where Jack can't find it. " I only have one key, " Jack explains, as he takes a hammer and knocks apart the dead bolt. " I don't want to be accused of taking any ones stuff. " It only takes a few seconds of hammering...

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Dogs and Birds-Belize Morning walk

Dogs and Birds-Belize Morning walk

    Dog lovers often bring their dogs on vacation with them. This little guy runs down the beach and his owners tell us, as we pass them, that he will swim out to get birds all the way to the end of the pier. Down the beach, only moments ago, Rabbit and I...

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Beach bar vows Wayo's wedding

Beach bar vows Wayo's wedding

    There are at least two hundred invited guests but anyone can join this wedding.. Wayos is a popular beach bar in San Pedro Town and Wayo, pronounced Y -oh, is a popular owner. When the groom arrives in a black golf cart limo, there is applause and...

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Crab Races Number 16 Wins

Crab Races Number 16 Wins

    On Tuesday nights, at 6:30 pm, featured entertainment at Crazy Canuck's is crab races. The races are a fundraiser for local schools and charitable groups and give locals and visitors another reason to drink, dance, socialize, relax. Number 57 is halfway...

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Ak’Bol Yoga Retreat Sanctuary

Ak’Bol Yoga Retreat Sanctuary

    Ak'Bol was built into a business by a couple who came to Belize twenty years ago with a dream of nature, health, spirit, and capitalism. The entrance is not well announced and if you are driving you will zip right past in your sprint for bigger resorts...

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Walkaholics Not authorized by AA

Walkaholics Not authorized by AA

    It turns out to be a good hike. There are less than 10 walkers this morning but numbers will grow to over twenty five as tourist season picks up. One of the most difficult tasks is learning names of the group so I make myself crutches.  Dean has a...

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Roswell UFO Museum Little Green Men

Roswell UFO Museum Little Green Men

    When local rancher Mack Brazell found extraterrestrial debris on his ranch and reported it to the local Sheriff a Pandora's box was opened. The local Sheriff called the local Air Force Base and a whirlwind of misinformation, disinformation, cover up was...

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Water Wheel Observation Point- Palo Duro Canyon

Water Wheel Observation Point- Palo Duro Canyon

    There used to be a small stream here that meandered down the hill and went over the edge of the canyon and fell into a deep dark hole below us. The land's owner built himself an observation platform, erected a light pole, and built a water wheel that...

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Popsicles Jokes on a stick

Popsicles Jokes on a stick

    Popsicle's have been with us as long as I have been on this planet. Back when my shoes were size five, we neighborhood kids would hear music marching down our street and see a big white ice cream truck with black speakers mounted on its roof. It was...

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