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Travels of Wandering Albatross
Monday Barbeque
Venezuela
05/31/2008, Bahia Redonda Marina, Puerto La Cruz

A weekly potluck event with a lovely view. Of course, generally speaking everyone's cleaned up and gone home to bed by 8 PM. Such is the curse of the night owl's existence when living in the world of cruisers...

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Fishermen Trade Fish for Chocolate!
Venezuela
04/25/2008, Cayo Herradura, Tortuga

That far away from mainland services, fishermen in Cayo Herradura will often offer a trade of fish for a surprising variety of items - including toilet paper, earphones, batteries along with the more expected characters: rum, soda and cigarettes. However, we had no rum, soda or ciggies on board to trade, but the fish looked good, so I offered chocolate! The fishermen jumped at the chance for chocolate, so much so that they returned a few days later suggesting another trade and then a few days later, we asked if they wanted some "liquid chocolate". You can see their answer in the Hershey's syrup can in the hand of one of the smiling fishermen.

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Fishing Camp with Shrine
Venezuela
04/15/2008, Tortuga Island

One of the fishing camps on Cayo Herradura, a little horseshoe-shaped island of sand on the north side of Tortuga Island. Inside you can see one of the many shrines to the Virgin of the Valley that dot the landscape of Venezuela. Clearly, there are no "services" here - there's barely enough sand piled up to call it a key. But it was a perfect anchorage and we stayed there for over two weeks.

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Pelicans, a variety of gulls and one lonely not-yet-pink flamingo
Venezuela
04/14/2008, The sand spit on the southern tip of Cayo Herradura, Tortuga

He must have been lost but he was still flocking. After that day, he disappeared, so we're hoping he moved on to find his own flock and is now working hard on improving his pinkness! Thanks to Elaine on Zydeco, our buddy boat for much of last season, for snapping the picture!

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