This older deaf fishermen came over asking for a cigarette!! You don’t need to know sign language to understand what he wanted (two fingers to his mouth and motioning the flick of a lighter)

Pestel, Haiti

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April 22nd 2007
Pestel, Haiti Waypoint 18º 32’.581 N 073º 47’.455 W “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do then by the ones you did. So throw off our dock lines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover” a quote from Mark Twain. Only now do we realize what we do on a daily bases, to be Living a T ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Haiti

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The native Arawak Amerindians - who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when it was discovered by Columbus in 1492 - were virtually annihilated by Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the early 17th century, the French established a presence on Hispan... ... read more