Momma and I began to depart 8 sharp. I must say I am not looking forward to the journey home. I don’t travel often, but it has all the feel” of being a cow in a pen, rustled to to and fro waiting for the slaughter.
So, me and Momma too, our emotional temperatures are rising. [...]
Archive for April, 2008
A MOTLEY RETURN
Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
THE REASON I AM HERE IS THAT I AM NOT ALL THERE
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
INK STAMPS
Walking through deck 5, I see Momma sitting in the lounge. I walk over and say hi. Momma looks at me, then looking down, Momma says, “Been to a night club today”, suspiciously she quips. I am thinking, where does momma get all this wonderful questions? How do I respond? Hum….I smell a [...]
JUDGEMENT DAY
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JAMAICA
OCHO RIOS
Ocho Rios is about 90 mile south of Cuba. Population of Jamaica is 2.5 million. The size of Jamaica is 4,411 square miles. Kingston is the capital of Jamaica.
Welcome to the land of the robotic tourist, me included. My right to self determination is somewhat at stake today. A guy like me want [...]
Costa Rica
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Limon, Costa Rica
60,000 residents make up Limon, Costa Rica.
Costa Rica first capitol city was Cartago, founded in 1563. The capitol was moved to San Jose in 1737. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821. Coffee and bananas are Costa Rica’s main export/
Costa Rica has a excellent education system, with a 98% literacy rate.
I [...]
DAY TWO
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Add new tag, aruba on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DAY TWO
In the movie, Leaving Las Vegas, Nicolas Cage portrays a doomed alcoholic, who goes to Las Vegas to end it all, and then, later in the movie, tries to “escape”, only to be trapped by a insidious disease, Alcoholism.
That’s me , metaphorically. Can’t seem to get to the boat. We arise at [...]
FIRST MEET
Posted in Uncategorized on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
FIRST MEET
Arrived at Momma’s at 4:30. Talk to her 3 times in route to her residence. She asked up teen questions which I repeated 3 times, 3 phone calls.
Unloaded gear, hugged, chatted and now the ritual diner before the cruise. Momma’s nickel so far. We talked about side trips and then, “now that is [...]
THROW MOMMA OFF THE BOAT
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We leave Tuesday with y Mom as we sail for the Panama Canal (southeast Central America). I thought it would be fun to geo-track some photos our journey.
This is my first attempt. Photos coming later when we start. I will attempt to tag the photos to Google maps in an album linked to this travel [...]
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