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Pictures of the Week-Fishing Buddies & a Couple Of Favorites!

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My old pal, Jose Wahebe, long gone but never forgotten!
Missed gaff op. in Costa Rica. Fish was 68-pounds!
Missed gaff op. in Costa Rica. Dolphin Fish eventually landed was 68-pounds. Fish jumped into boat without gaff and did a number on legs and equipment before being subdued. Lesson: Never pull a “green” fish in to boat before its tired out!
Any wonder why live conchs are now protected?
Any wonder why live conchs are now protected?
A VIP Keys fishing buddy!
A VIP Keys fishing buddy!
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Key Biscayne, before Hurricane Andrew! A favorite image I took for the Miami Herald!

Sunday Flashback African Travel Images For Our faithful Readers and Viewers

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Pygmies in the Ituri Rain Forest of the Congo. The wooden dog-bells with clappers of wood were used to scare snakes off of the paths, to keep vipers from striking!
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Any drug or potion could be bought from there street vendors in the Congo!

APtravelnews-January 3rd–Memory flashbacks of the Congo! These are from my book: “Africa on a Pin & a Prayer” my two years camping, fishing and experiencing a pre-history-like adventure. For a copy contact [email protected] and we will send a signed, personalized copy for $15 postage paid!

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A Congo River (deepest river in the world) houseboat. 6-people lived on this boat!
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For meat we had to find it where we could. No I hated monkey meat, felt like I would be a cannibal to eat of it, but our friends at a huge rubber plantation asked me to go get some for his men, the plantation owner thought that they couldn’t figure out where the bullet went or how the trigger worked. I think he didn’t want them to shoot him, so he didn’t trust them with guns!
Checkpoint Mazumba, bribes necessary to continue down the rutted 10-foot wide highway in the Congo! The guns were carved wood show rifles, these guys use as bats to beat the hell out of their countrymen.
Checkpoint Mazumba, bribes necessary to continue down the rutted 10-foot wide highway in the Congo! The guns were carved wood show rifles, these guys use as bats to beat the hell out of their countrymen.

The Call: “Next Year in Jerusalem” Uttered in Prayer and Reality for Thousand of Years!

Yes, muslims built on top of Israels Wall, but Jerusalem is the Capital of Israel. The Israeli Gov't unlike what a Muslim country would and have done (destroy all vestiges of Jewish History) tolerates to the extreme the Muslim presence at their wall.
Yes, Muslims built on top of Israels Wall, but Jerusalem is the Capital of Israel. The Israeli Gov’t, unlike what a Muslim country would and have done (destroy all vestiges of Jewish History) tolerates to the extreme the Muslim presence at their wall.

APtravelnews-January15th, FL.- Bob taking time to be off the road for a change with some comments and pictures of the week. It has become clear that the whole world somehow has forgotten that Jerusalem is the actual and true capital of Israel. Thousands of years, it has been, even through the Diaspora. For 67-years Israel (as predicted in the Old Testament Bible) has been a true country, doing incredible things for all aspects of life for its people; Jews, and everyone else that’s a part of this incredible and great nation-state, as well as in the medical, tech and agricultural innovations for the whole world.

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