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Winter Springs, Florida…Part 2
May 31, 2024 I shared that my mother-in-law used to say that “Tom Walsh has sand in his shoes”. She was right. From my first plane ride in high school to visit a perspective college to backpacking in Europe to driving an old Dodge van across the country I have always liked to travel. Still…
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Winter Springs, Florida…Part 1
May 28, 2024 After 2 weeks, I am adjusting to being back in Florida. I had not driven a car in almost 5 months and had forgotten how dependent we are on our vehicles. Obviously, without a car one does a lot more walking. I miss exploring (on foot) for the next adventure. Curious minds…
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San Juan, Puerto Rico…
May 8, 2024 Chongae and I know the Caribbean very well. The Puerto Rican government offered a 0% tax saving incentive program for high-net-worth individuals to create a domicile on the island to help stimulate the economy. It was the perfect opportunity for me to reward my employees and further accelerate my philanthropy as I…
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Mindelo, Ilha de Sao Vincente, Cape Verde…
May 4, 2024 The port of Mindelo on the island of Sao Vincente in Cape Verde is an isolated island that was uninhabited when Portuguese explores discover it in the fifteenth century. Lying in the mid-Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Senegal in Africa, Cape Verde played a key role in the African slave trade.…
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Banjul, Gambia…
May 1, 2024 (So sorry, I was told the video from my last post showing the children of Takoradi, Ghana was sent in full screen mode. If you go back and adjust the size icon, you will see the children better.) Upon arrival, the first thing you notice is that the port of Banjul is…
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Takoradi, Ghana…
April 27, 2024 My good friend, Phil Glennon, an attorney, must have studied the Socratic Method in law school. Regarding my post about the Ayan Cemani chicken, he commented: “So if you grill a black chicken, how do you know when it’s done?” Think about it. Ghana is a poor country. Very poor. The Ghana…
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Null Island…
April 26, 2024 Null Island and what you may learn on a sea day. Null Island is not an actual island but where you cross the Prime Meridian at the Equator. It is the spot of zero latitude and zero longitude and zero dry land. In the bridge there are two monitors one which showed…
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Luderitz & Walvis Bay, Namibia…
April 21 and April 22, 2024 (Thanks to my brother Brian commenting on my Cape Town post my secret is exposed. Earth Day, April 22, is celebrated on my birthday. Hopefully I’m getting a little wiser and not just older. Thank you all for your well wishes-they meant the world to me.) The Republic of…
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Cape Town, South Africa…
April 20, 2024 (Sorry for the delay with this post. I have been enjoying Cape Town since April 16th) Cape Town, South Africa is a great city! One of my five favorite places to visit. (Venice, Italy, Sydney, Australia, Seefeld, Austria and Medellin, Colombia being the other four) If I had to pick just one,…