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March 14, 2026 – Cotonou, Benin
Cotonou, Benin is what I thought West Africa would be like. It’s hot and humid, a bit organized chaos, malaria territory, and steady electricity is a luxury. The people seem as happy as anywhere though. Today, got a taxi to the big market, Dantokpa. I was going to walk around awhile and catch a ride…
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March 13, 2026 – Cotonou, Benin
Flew to Cotonou, Benin yesterday for a small group tour that starts this evening. West Africa is going to be interesting. A votre sante (To your health).
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February 14, 2026 – Huntsville, AL
I’m interested in learning how to build structures and improve my carpentry skills. So, I searched for “building classes near me” and found that North Alabama Homebuilding Academy was offering a residential construction course. One stipulation for the class is that the student should go into the homebuilding industry. After talking to one of the…
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Jan 26, 2026 – Monte Sano Mtn, Huntsville, AL
A little snow, finally, and temps below 20F (-7C). Good for a walk in the woods but when isn’t it.
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Dec 20, 2025 – Foods, Dishes of Southeastern Caribbean
The Caribbean is full of flavorful food and dishes. The seafood is fresh and tasty with some fishes available never seen in the US, like barracuda and kingfish. At least, I’ve never seen those in the US.
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Dec 16, 2025 – Roseau to Douglas-Charles Airport, Dominica
The taxi driver I’ve used in Roseau drove me to the Douglas-Charles Airport on the other side (eastern) of the island this morning. It’s about an hour and forty minutes on twisting mountain roads. Today I leave to return to Miami. On the way Rene, the driver, added comments about the areas we drove through.…
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Dec 15, 2025 – Roseau to Scotts Head, Dominica
Used the taxi driver I used yesterday to drive to Scotts Head at the southern end of Dominica. Scotts Head is a peninsula with a hill at the end. There was a British fort there at one time but today there’s one canon for show. I walked to the top of the hill. On one…
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Dec 14, 2025 – Roseau, Dominica
Went out whale and dolphin watching with a local tour boat company. Saw a lot of dolphins. The guide said there were about 200 in the pods. Saw two of the four species here, Fraser and Spotted dolphins. The two species were together hunting for small fishes, including flying fish, which were seen today. The…
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Dec 13, 2025 – Roseau, Dominica
Dominica is known as the Nature Island in the Caribbean. It’s has nine volcanoes, multiple hot springs and waterfalls and cloaked in dense forests. It’s so rugged the colonial powers, Britain and France couldn’t make it productive as far as growing any crop like sugar cane. But, that didn’t stop the two from fighting over…
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Dec 12, 2025 – Soufriere to Castries, St Lucia
Took a small, open boat along with a dozen other tourists from Soufriere to Castries to the north. Taking the boat was preferable to taking the bus (really just mini vans) or a taxi to Castries. The roads are narrow and very curvy so not fun to take. Tonight I catch a flight to the…
