All general blog entries
Removed as we were from reality, we did have to return to the outside world, and the morning of the long trek back arrived. The bus was to leave Maracay at 4.30 pm, so we had to leave Choroni at around noon. We packed, had a quiet … Read more...
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It’s amazing how well you communicate after a few drinks, and yes, Mekhong does speak. What is it? It’s a local fire water meant to poison the living bejesus out of you and then leave you cursing that you’ll never touch another drop. Problem is, no party in Thailand … Read more...
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Maracay is not a huge town, and it was not too difficult to find the right transportation from there to Choroni; a private taxi that would take us the next 50 kms for the grand sum of about 10 dollars. Before we got in the taxi though, … Read more...
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Not all stories have a happy ending, and as everywhere else, life on a farm is a cycle of birth and death, and there is nothing more heartrending than to see someone lose the animals he’s cared for so much and for so many years in a … Read more...
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It was the following morning, and I had gotten over not having been allowed to take the cacao pod home – it would have been a nice souvenir, unlike what most people get as souvenirs, but then again, Canada Customs would have impounded it and possibly charged me with … Read more...
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