Floating Doctors

Lombrices (worms), correcaminos (scabies), piojos (lice), pulgas (flees), piedras de la vesícula biliar (gallbladder stones), and parásitos and tuberculosis (thank goodness for cognates). I lived several years in Latin America, I negotiated multi-billion dollar transactions in Spanish for the better

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Parting Panama

After 110 days, we’ve finally left Panama! Zero Dollar Days in Guna Yala were amazing.           We transited the Panama Canal on our friends’ boat (blog post to follow, I promise!).          

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Surrendering to the Unknown

    “Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances….” Rule 5, Inland Navigation Rules, 33 CFR 83.05         Watches

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