Tomorrow I leave for South Africa where I’ll be staying with my sister Danai, her soon-to-be husband Celo and their amazing, brilliant daughter Mikha. It will be the first time I leave the U.S. since I went to Ghana in 2004 to visit Anna in the Peace Corps. I’m very excited though, I[...]
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May 22nd, 2007 - 10:05 am § in My Travels, U.S.A.
Horseshoe Crabs are only dangerous when accompanied by large men
I admit that I forgot most of the interesting, random events that occured in Key West that I wanted to share. However, there are a few fun tales that I hope will make you laugh. In addition to the interesting characters on the beach the first day I spent in Key West (per my last [...][...]
Planes, Cranes and Automobiles continued
You are probably wondering why ‘cranes’? Well, we saw some on the ride to Key West. It wasn’t that exciting. However, I did see a Key Deer last night: This afternoon we ventured to a beach on Key West where we went snorkeling. We shared this beach with a unique collection of people[...]
Planes, Cranes and Automobiles
Did you know that if flights dont have enough ‘volunteers’ when they are either oversold or overweight, they kick people off? Well, they do. On my way to Key West, I was the lucky winner. (Note: you still get the 250 voucher and a hotel room). While in Miami I was told that I couldn̵[...]
May 3rd, 2007 - 8:28 am § in Hodge Podge, My Travels
Upcoming Trips
Look forward to new travel stories from Key West, Florida and Buenos Aries, Argentina. I’ll be in Key West, Florida May 16-19th. My trip is to attend the wedding of my friends Jason and Laura. In June I will be spending a short period of time in Buenos Aries with my mom and dad. My [...][...]
April 12th, 2007 - 5:23 pm § in My Travels, U.S.A.
Update on Vieques
Well, I did some preliminary research. Here is what I have learned so far: In 1941 when the Navy bought parts of Vieques there were 10, 362 residents on the island. The economic basis was agricultural (namely sugarcane). When the Navy purchased the land, many of these jobs were shifted to the constr[...]
April 9th, 2007 - 7:37 pm § in My Travels, U.S.A.
Vieques
While on my trip to Puerto Rico, my main interested was learning more about the events in Vieques, and what people felt about the situation now. For those of you who don’t know, Vieques was an island that was controlled mostly by the United States Navy. Between 1941 and 1950, the Navy purchas[...]
April 9th, 2007 - 5:05 pm § in My Travels, U.S.A.
Political Situation in Puerto Rico
Part of my intention on my trip to Puerto Rico was to learn what people in the nation itself think about the current political situation. As such, I talked with several friendly people about these two realities. (I changed their names because I didn’t ask for permission to write about these c[...]
April 5th, 2007 - 8:02 pm § in My Travels, U.S.A.
The Forts in San Juan, and remaining beach photos
On our third day, Jacky and I hung out at the beach in the A.M. and went to see San Cristobal in the evening. Here are photos from the beach: There are two large forts in San Juan: El Morro and San Cristobal. They were both built by the Spanish to protect Puerto Rico from [...][...]
April 4th, 2007 - 7:56 pm § in My Travels, U.S.A.
El Yunque
On our second day, we went to the rainforest, El Yunque. It happens to be the only rainforest in the U.S. National Park System. Here are some (there are a ton more) photos from that day: On our way up the mountain (we climbed the highest peak in Puerto Rico). And, the view from the [...][...]