Looking at the map, I can see how the Lesser Antilles are in a comparable latitude to Africa and the more tropical parts of Latin America. That explains the different population in contrast to the Greater Antilles, which more resemble in latitude and population the somewhat moderate areas of the continents.
Can hardly believe that another travelversary (travel anniversary) is coming up! Not that much travel this year with COVID BS, but at least back on the road! AND maybe going internationally again in 2022?!
Make things for efficient! Enjoy the ride!
Work! Love!
Looking ahead to what I call year ten (the first decade of my adventure travels)... Hopefully can bust through this stupid COVID trash... See a few more Caribbean islands... Then make it back to the mainland!!!! C'mon, pretty please!!!!! :)
I wanna travel as much as I can! Fuck COVID fascism!
Woah, weird! Year ten details are coming into view, like which countries I'm aiming to go to! Of course, can't plan with that much certainty given the political situation.
I hope I'm in some exotic country like Brasil this year!!!!! :)
I think that the earliest I can feasibly go to Dominica is March 1, 2022, two weeks after my scheduled second COVIDiot shot. They may still have fascism then, e.g. quarantines, so I'm not sure yet that I'll go that soon. I'll probably wind up renting this hotel again for the February 23 - March 23 period, so I think that makes March 23 the earliest plausible go date, again contingent on the political situation. If not then, maybe April 23?
COVID basically reveals the stupidity of humanity. Carving up the economy over a cough. Society is the bull, COVID is the red flag, and politicians are the toreador.
Renting out in the countryside rocks! I wanna do this more often!!!!! :)
Looking at the map of Marie-Galante, I wanna walk/run/ride through a bunch of streets and trails. Seems like there's a fair bit of hiking.
I've already seen the few towns. Grand-Bourg (where I am) is around halfway between the other two towns, conveniently. In an arc around the coast, not in a straight line.
I think that maybe to deal psychologically with the frustrations that occur in practically any endeavor, it can make sense to expect frustrations as normal then see them as just there, things that you're supposed to deal with, instead of as completely unpredictable surprises.
Having traveled from Capesterre Belle-Eau to Marie-Galante by bike and boat, I found that I could carry my way-too-much-stuff setup without as much trouble as I expected. Still want to get rid of tons more stuff. I've already reduced my cargo weight somewhat. Aiming to decrease it drastically while in Marie-Galante.
Now that I'm renting instead of camping, I'm not carrying a sleeping bag and tent. Those two items added a considerable amount of weight. Now I feel practically unloaded without those, other than my excess provisional weight while I work to use up food and stuff.
COVIDiocy is no excuse! Travel, work, love anyways! :)
Sleeping pills or allergy pills (the same thing, i.e. antihistamines) are psychedelic drugs. They make you sleep which increases dreaming, making them a mind-altering substance.
I've tried a bunch of rums in the Caribbean, another mind-altering sleep-inducing drug. I think I like the romance of rum more than the drink itself. The drink itself is fermented and distilled grass juice. I think the taste ranges from somewhat gross through innocuous to mildly pleasant, for the rum itself. Aged rum gives it a more pleasant barrel flavor, which makes it taste like other aged distilled drinks such as whiskey.
The nicer rums maybe have a mildly pleasant fruity flavor. Mixes well with fruit juices and other sweet flavors. I like mixed drinks with rum.
The less nice rums have an unpleasant flavor like some chemical, maybe a solvent for cleaning.
As with many things in business, politics, and other areas of life, much about rum is marketing.
People spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on booze that's basically the same as the five or ten dollar bottle.
The same applies to people. An empty woman with some makeup, or an empty man who looks half-decent, can con people out of a ton.
Made tons of sense to ship distilled rum around on ships back in the day. Then reconstitute it with juice or whatever.
A calendar can structure our time differently than would happen if one just acted automatically. My calendar now has green mornings for work and more colorful afternoons for travel and other fun activities! :)
Each hour, day, week, month, or year an opportunity to take on tasks and events, challenges that we've set for ourselves! :)
Or to get drnk! :)
Camembert et puree de piment fort... et voila! :)
Hehe, I think I was a lot more naive and idealistic when I started these travels! :)
Going back through my notes... Tons of hippie-ish stuff :)
I think my basic values have remained fairly consistent, however. Travel, education, relating.
The banks remain a pain years later.
Heheh, took me years to get Astrotripping out... It came out the way I wanted artistically! :) Not quite sales-wise! :)
My inner voice has evolved, but is still recognizable.
I feel like a dedicated traveler for life! :)