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Larry and Randy - our river pirogue on the right....do you see it? Welcome Aborad. Who is Aborad? |
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Still a Sunday Fun Day |
11-13-16
I think previously mentioned this funky little ferry
crossing. I say funky but only because
it’s so different from anyplace we’ve been.
It’s a crossroads really. That is
what attracted me to this place the first time we stopped by. It was a buzz with humanity, the perfect
people watching place.
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Main street |
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Near the end of the retail part of main street |
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Jim wandering around |
Being Sunday, it wasn’t as busy as previous other
stops. Our crazy little circus of
cruisers wondered around the main drag and a few side streets taking it all in
and looking like aliens from another planet as we did it.
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Lunch |
We eventually settled on a small spot for lunch. There were just enough tables but not enough
chairs. Tom and Jim had to kneel at
their table to eat. Most opted for the
chicken curry. Tom and I went with the
cookup (rice and peas cooked in coconut milk) and a piece of fried
chicken. Banks beer to wash it all
down.
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No browsing the aisles here but we did score purpleheart rolling pins |
Just before lunch Jim, Kathy (sv Inishnee) Tom and I had
wondered into a nice, new hardward/general store. The building was huge. The downstairs was the store and upstairs was
obviously the home. However, the store
was not filled with much and we couldn’t wonder around. It was all behind a cage – floor to
ceiling. Hanging on display from the
cage was the various items you could buy.
Pots, pans, flashlights, hammers, shorts, shoelaces, razors, etc….a wide assortment. One item caught our eye – it was a small
rolling pin made out of local purpleheart wood.
It was gorgeous. $1000 Guyanese
dollars or $5 US. Kathy bought one for
their boat. Tom asked if I wanted one
too. “It’s kewl but when do I use a
rolling pin? No.” But during lunch Kathy was showing everyone
and I, along with half our group decided we did want a purpleheart rolling pin.
David bought two for presents. I was
worried they would run out but they didn’t and I got my very own purpleheart
rolling pin, which is now called my K-State purpleheart rolling pin. Have I used it to roll anything out? No.
But someday I will.
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Sign, sign, everywhere a sign |
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Just back from the interior |
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Bench for riders, petrol, cooking gas, spare tyre and gear box and your pet turtle...what else could you need |
One of the things we like about the cruising life is that it allows us to stay longer in places. This in turn allows us to get deeper into the local life.
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At the very least, easy to access the engine |
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Repair shop in front of someones house |
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Fuel trucks |
I love the rolling pin. You had to have it given its color. Time to make piecrust! ;-)
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