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- Venezuela
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| Although we went to
places like Mexico, French Guiana, Guiana, Dutch Antilles &
Panama, the place where we received the warmest reception was Venezuela.
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| The Band - being serenaded.... |
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| Armed escort - we were
assured the guns were not loaded. |
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Making friends with
the locals.
The train ride along
the length of the Panama Canal was something else (see below).
As was the bloke in Georgetown, Guiana who said, "hey
man, why has your ship stopped here? No ships stop here unless
they've got something wrong like disease or engine trouble".
Glynn (bass) then bought a local paper -
HEADLINE
"young boy shot from behind whilst he stoops to relieve
himself by the side of the road"
We hot tail it to the local market to shouts of "hey white
boy" (everybody there is incredibly suntanned) - Glynn
announces "BLEND IN". Glynn, or Pirate Jack as
we know him, then bought a bandana in the colours of the Guianan
flag which went down brilliantly with the locals whom we then
idled the time away with in a bar drinking beer.
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Panama
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Belize
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A wee island off Belize
where we went snorkelling whilst avoiding the fishing pelicans.
Belize City, putting
it politely, is not a place to write a postcard about, but whilst
Glynn was trying to have his picture taken behind a bar - one
of these things he likes to do - he asked if he could have a beer
mat to take home - another thing he likes to do, to go with his
stickers from beer bottles from around the world. The barman promptly
gave him an unopened packet of about 80 beer mats. "What
am I to do with all these beer mats?", says Glynn. Having
no local currency & needing some postcards - another thing
he does in every port - we went into the only shop/shack open
on a Sunday. "Oo they're nice postcards will you take
some beer mats in exchange", the shop lady with the widest
smile you will ever see promptly snatched the beer mats from Glynn
& said "deal, I'll be able to sell these for about
10 for a $1". Just don't tell the barman up the road!!!!!!
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New
York
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| Approaching
Manhattan at about 6 o'clock in the morning. The most bizarre thing
was rounding the corner to dock on the Hudson & coming face
to face with Concorde sat on a barge. It's now part of an aeronautical
museum based on an old aircraft carrier. |
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| All the
crew were so excited to be in the USA until American immigration
banned all shore leave for crew. This picture was taken after we'd
done a mammoth souvenir shopping trip for the guys & gals of
the crew. We've made some great friends onboard from all over the
world. We're hoping to meet up with them again one day in their
home countries. |
