15 04, 2013

Travel Missteps: Disrupting Go Slow

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"Yo Mamma! Go slow. They ain't gonna leave you."  I had heard that Belize's islands unofficial motto was "Go Slow". I had been warned that if I rushed I would be told to slow down.  But I didn't expect that to be my first greeting in Belize while waiting for my water ferry to Caye Caulker. You see my group had been split up, and our van arrived an hour later than the other half of the group. When we finally made it to the dock I was told the boat was leaving in 2 minutes, so I was running around, going

1 04, 2013

Travel Missteps: The Color Coded Dance Card

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An Irish Sheep with colors on its back. Ireland is full of 3 things: Pubs, Churches, and Sheep. In 2009 I visited southern Ireland for a few weeks. One thing I thought was out of the ordinary was the different colors on the sheep. Some markings are to help determine the owner of the sheep, as sometimes sheep from multiple farms are kept on the same land together. But other color markings are during the breeding season. The male sheep, a ram, has a harness installed near his neck that contains an animal friendly dye. When he mounts