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Postcards from the Transition

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Tag: Ecuador

Cruises, 2025 Pole to Pole1 Comment

Wooden Botes in Manta

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025 Rich McClear

250205 Wooden Botes in Manta We pulled up to the pier in Manta at 5 AM.  A group was leaving the ship for an early flight to the Gallipolis Islands.  Suzi and I were still in isolation, and I was … Continue reading Wooden Botes in Manta

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Politics and Panama Hats, (Montecristi, Ecuador)

January 12, 2015 Rich McClear

January 10, 2015 Montecristi, Ecuador. Montecristi was founded as an inland and upland town close to Manta that was more protected than Manta from English sea dog pirates and privateers.  Today most tourists come to Montecristi to see how Panama … Continue reading Politics and Panama Hats, (Montecristi, Ecuador)

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Tuna and Tourists (Manta, Ecuador)

January 12, 2015January 12, 2015 Rich McClear

January 10, 2015 Manta, Ecuador Manta, Ecuador is a Tuna and Gringo town.  Its main business is tuna fishing but it is also interested in attracting American retirees.  We saw ads for retirement services, American clinics and of course shopping … Continue reading Tuna and Tourists (Manta, Ecuador)

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