Picto Diary - 10 December 2018 - Dr. Livingstone, I Presume
7:30 AM. 10 December 2018. Cranking at 21 knots SE down the side of the dark continent. Too far out to sea to see land. Very....very... occasionally see another ship in this heretofore busy, now little traveled trade route.
Regent Seven Seas Explorer . 10 December 2018.
Cafe.
None of the baristas have tattoos. They seem under qualified.
Regent Seven Seas Explorer. 10 December 2018.
On board lecture.
Andy Jampoler
HENRY MORTON STANLEY
"Dr. Livingston, I presume."
Note American flag in image. Actually happened. Stanley was an American in all but legality at the time. The American flag was actually hoist at the Stanley/Livingston first encounter.
Henry Morton Stanley. One of the great figures of the 19th century.
Born a bastard in Wales, left the poor house at 15 to reinvent himself in America. Fought for the South, the North, and the US Navy (North) in the Civil War.
Leveraging position as a writer for the New York Herald, Stanley undertook, over two decades, four great expeditions into the heart of Africa.
Returned to Britain to eventually become Knighted, much to the consternation of jealous bluebloods at the Royal Geographical Society.
Vindicated. Bastard no more.
Good friend of Mark Twain.
Regent Seven Seas Explorer. 10 December 2018.
Onboard lecture.
Andy Jampoler
HENRY MORTON STANLEY
Route. Stanley in search of Livingston. 1872.
Regent Seven Seas Explorer. 10 December 2018.
Onboard lecture.
Andy Jampoler
HENRY MORTON STANLEY
Stanley's four expeditions into dark Africa opened the continent to colonial exploitation. Skirmishes by local tribals to resist colonial incursions were rife from the 1880's to the beginning of WWI in 1914.
Regent Seven Seas Explore. At sea, direction SE to Cote d'Ivoire. 10 December 2018.
Image: Cranking SE off the coast if West Africa at 22 knots. 3:30 PM. 90 degrees, but breeze.
Vasco da Gama...eat your heart out.
Deck Five - Walking to the beat.
Bob Seger
FIRE LAKE
Who's gonna ride that chrome three wheeler
Who's gonna make that first mistake
Who wants to wear those gypsy leathers
All the way to Fire Lake
Who wants to break the news about uncle Joe
You remember uncle Joe
He was the one afraid to cut the cake
Who wants to tell poor aunt Sarah
Joe's run off to Fire Lake
Joe's run off to Fire Lake
Who wants to brave those bronze beauties
Lying in the sun
With their long soft hair falling
Flying as they run
Oh they smile so shy
And they flirt so well
And they lay you down so fast
Till you look straight up and say
Oh Lord
Am I really here at last
Who wants to play those eights and aces
Who wants a raise
Who needs a stake
Who wants to take that long shot gamble
And head out to Fire Lake
Head out
Who wants to go to Fire Lake
And head out
Who wants to go to Fire Lake
And head out (who wants to go to Fire Lake)
Head out, head out (who wants to go to Fire Lake)
Out to Fire lake
Who's gonna do it (who wants to go to Fire Lake)
Who's gonna wanna do it (who wants to go to Fire Lake)
Who wants to do it, who wants to do it, yeah (who wants to go to Fire Lake).
Addendum:
Jammah’s 11 million does not include the other 10s of millions in his Swiss bank account.
the monk,
Gooseberry, UT
Those big crocs can suddenly pop out of a mud puddle and kill you!
the monk,
Gooseberry, UT
When I went to college, circa 1959-63; we had an exchange student from Gambia, Usman Sala. Very good soccer player. He went back after graduation and advanced in government.
At one time wasn’t country called Senegambia. Officially the Senegambia Confederation, a loose confederation in the late 20th century between the West African countries of Senegal and its neighbour The Gambia, which is almost completely surrounded by Senegal?
Be safe,
Panama,
Los Angeles, CA