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Driving up the west coast, we begin to see the slave huts and the salt production. These huts are tiny! I was told that they housed 10-12 slaves! There are 4 obelisks painted red, white, blue, and orange for the Dutch flag and the Royal House of Orange. I'm not sure if I captured them all, but I know I got some. They were erected strategically along the coastline to signal the ships where to pick up the salt. A flag of the corresponding color was raised up a flag pole, thus the signal.

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I assume this was the master's or guards quarters.


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This is a dive rock for the dive site there.
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The next day we went north along the west coast. We stopped at a dive site called 1000 Steps. It was actually 79 steps, but once you carry your dive gear back up, it feels like a 1000. LOL We just snorkeled. And it is here that I found out my go pro wasn't working. IDK why? I gave up on it. Too much stress.


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This guy was the greeter I guess.


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After snorkeling we kept going north towards the Park. These are some ruins of Landhuis Karpata, a privately owned plantation built sometime after 1868.

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Look how tall the cactus gets!
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Gotomeer is a saltwater lagoon.
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That is all the pics I have. My friends had a waterproof camera. If they share any of their pics, I will post them.
 

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WannaDig3687 said:
The next day we went north along the west coast. We stopped at a dive site called 1000 Steps. It was actually 79 steps, but once you carry your dive gear back up, it feels like a 1000. LOL We just snorkeled. And it is here that I found out my go pro wasn't working. IDK why? I gave up on it. Too much stress.


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This guy was the greeter I guess.


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After snorkeling we kept going north towards the Park. These are some ruins of Landhuis Karpata, a privately owned plantation built sometime after 1868.

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Look how tall the cactus gets!
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Gotomeer is a saltwater lagoon.
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That is all the pics I have. My friends had a waterproof camera. If they share any of their pics, I will post them.
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You did take your detector right?
 

do you like the random lobstah pic in the middle of all those VK pics. hahahahaha
someone scrolling down through all those landscapes, gets to that and is like huh??????
and actually if anybody was really observant they would know that lobstah down that way dont have any claws bub.
good night
 

DownEast_Detecting said:
do you like the random lobstah pic in the middle of all those VK pics. hahahahaha
someone scrolling down through all those landscapes, gets to that and is like huh??????
and actually if anybody was really observant they would know that lobstah down that way dont have any claws bub.
good night
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Yup....it made me want a lobster roll !!
 

DownEast_Detecting said:
do you like the random lobstah pic in the middle of all those VK pics. hahahahaha
someone scrolling down through all those landscapes, gets to that and is like huh??????
and actually if anybody was really observant they would know that lobstah down that way dont have any claws bub.
good night
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Well it fit right in actually... WD had posted a meal on a wood earlier... i thought it was her with the lobster. heh
 

Yesterday I started the clean-up of the branches.
Got the wood chipper just a purring on the 1972 Ford 3000 @ 1800RPM
Managed to get the front yard looking back to an almost normal state.
Took 4 full loads of chips away and a load of wood, still have another 2 loads of wood with the side by side.
Going to concentrate on the laneway today, this will take a few days to get into order.

Need to get a bearing for the 5000 tractor as there's some serious log moving to happen.
Seems that an order I was doing on Sunday wouldn't go through, but I noticed that the CC was charged and they got paid. :dontknow:

I understand a profit in business but the tractor supply place wanted the price inflated price of over $210 with tax.
2 bearings and a seal can be bought online at many places for under $30
 

Weird tidbit of history I ran across this morning... after seeing it on a TV program... might be of interest to some...

www.cultofweird.com

Showmen's Rest: The Clown Graveyard in Chicago

Showmen's Rest is the site of a mass burial of clowns and other circus performers after a train wreck killed 86 members of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in 1918.
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