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Cod Fishing in Newfoundland: Pollards Point

Cod Fishing in Newfoundland: Pollards Point

We were catching the fish and we were jigging them as well, meaning that sometimes we would catch the fish with hooks in their mouth when they went for the lures, but also we would just catch them in the side or the fin when we would jig and that would bring them up as well. The ocean is extremely bountiful!

Kalangala, Buggala, Ssese Islands: Ugandan Wikipedia and Lake Victoria

Kalangala, Buggala, Ssese Islands: Ugandan Wikipedia and Lake Victoria

Kalangala, Buggala, Ssese Islands: Ugandan Wikipedia and Lake Victoria. Jan 24 Kalangala, on Buggala Island in the Ssese Islands of Uganda, is a quiet place in Lake Victoria.  I assumed it would be the Ugandan counterpart to Ukerewe Island, which is also of Lake Victoria, but in the Tanzania section.  Buggala Island in Uganda is far more developed and makes Ukerewe (where they slaughter albinos for witchcraft) feel very primitive.  There are resorts and golf courses here in Buggala.  The...

Zanzibar, Tanzania, net fishing

Local Night Net Fishing in Zanzibar

Dec 12 I was tired, but I got up in time for the guesthouse breakfast in Nungwi, Zanzibar.  It is a free meal, and I need to think about money more than sleep.  As I was eating, James, my Tanzanian friend, came to find me to tell me that he had been at the fish-market this morning and he talked with one of his friends who said that they would take me out on the fishing boat to work with...

Rurrenabaque: Termites Taste Like Mint – Surviving the Amazon

Rurrenabaque: Termites Taste Like Mint – Surviving the Amazon

Rurrenabaque: Termites Taste Like Mint – Surviving the Amazon. May 17-19. As I met Maar-sneeze in the morning she told me, “I read your blog last night.  You’re such an asshole.” I would learn to get used to being called an asshole in an unmistakable Dutch accent over the next three days.  This would happen often… The Survival tour.  Okay.  We will see…  Maar-sneeeze and I met with our guide, loaded into a long boat with a new friend, who...