Fraught With Deception For two days I looked like an "expectant father", but I am a female. I shuffled from the ferry, the terminal, and my car, back and forth. On May 6, 2005 my car sat in line jammed between a new, red Mercedes with black convertible top and a 1973 beat-up International, windows curtained with personal belongings and a blue healer pup "arf-ing" inside. This was surely a sign. I...... Source : Marriage Visa Usa
Bouquets In Boquete There is a saying; nothing says romance more than fine dining, wine and a bouquet of flowers. Take the fine dining and wine out of that equation and add a bunch of thickets of flowers and I'm romanced. I was in heaven with appetizers and an Atlas beer at a sidewalk café after an evening stroll in a horticultural heaven coupled with the "bajareque". The fictitious "Shangri-La" has...... Source : Marriage Visa Usa
Of All The Monkeying Around As we crossed the border the summer of 1997, my nine-year old daughter, Ashley was detained. A stranger in a strange land, she was now surrounded by short, dark men that talked funny. She immediately donned a solemn face and pleads for my assistance. Her practical jokes suddenly stopped and tears formed. My brow too, began to sweat as the border patrol studied the paperwork...... Source : Marriage Visa Usa
The Painting, The Peoguot, And The Le Seul Leotard Noir I kept the painting as near my body as possible as I lugged my thirty-pound carry-on through the ribbon of travelers meandering through security. The cubic yard parcel covered in cardboard, brown paper, and snuggly wrapped in twine wasn't going to get out of my sight. This was Lee's original, entrusted to me, and a gift for Claude, one of his collectors. It was also my first trip...... Similar Editorial : Painting Artel Glasses by Sanjeevkumar. | Source : Marriage Visa Usa
Dam, Pass, And Peak - Traffic Changes Initially I was blind sided by Alpine daisies and Digitalis (foxglove) passing themselves off as wildflowers, much less the other fabulous scenery on the North Cascades Highway, and then they showed up again. I turned the tables on them though and made a pass. I don't commonly make passes at bikers, but in this case, it was must. I went around them. Bikers. The non...... Source : Marriage Visa Usa
Delta At Dawn While Delta has a different meaning to the southerners of the lower 48, Alaska has a Delta, too. In Alaska, this Delta is where the Alcan Highway ends. At this thriving junction about 840 folks set up housekeeping, businesses, and whatnot. The town of Delta Junction started in the late 60’s and grew along with the Trans-Alaska pipeline. The pipeline began in 1975 and was...... Source : Marriage Visa Usa
The Locals Line A stench of vomit began to filter aboard the Kennicott. The buzz of "Yak Attack" or seeming so tickled my ears. I felt like I was in the "Twilight Zone". I wondered where in the world, up here, could yaks attack people? According to Stu, he and the other passengers who just boarded got off the Tustumena out of Anchorage and they were attacked. Disheveled, disoriented, and grumpy...... Similar Editorial : A Cookie Assembly Line by Mimi Cummins. | Source : Transit Visa
Making A Splash In St. Croix Saturday, 10:00 a.m.; Bob and Sandy haven't left the pool during waking hours except to refill the refrigerator with beer. Two hundred and ninety pounds of Bob jumped into the pool creating a wave, sloshed over the deck, and drenched parched agaves below. By the time we arrived everyone was clamoring, "…don't flush the toilet." The remaining hundred gallons in the cistern may be...... Similar Editorial : Suzuki Splash by Vladimir Melnikoff. | Source : Transit Visa
Things Legends Are Made Of In the low light of morning an Indian maiden comes into view followed by a screaming warrior. The sun continues to rise. At twilight a miner joins them. They all live in the "Cirque", ten minutes in the morning hours and just a few at night. The sun kisses the edges of the "Cirque" and shadowy forms are cast of the lost souls still lurking in the rocks and hills above the...... Similar Editorial : How Its Made by infocus. | Source : Transit Visa
Suicide Showers We have all heard that "electricity and water don't mix"; electrocution follows, so by all means, keep that in mind. Don't mix them. On one hand it is true. I wouldn't mess with it. But, in Panama "electricity and water do mix" in safe conjunction with each other. "Suicide showers" are an example. Until I went to Boquete in the mountains of Panama, I had never...... Similar Editorial : Millionaire showers with Ladybug by infoserv. | Source : Transit Visa
Some Pay Higher Prices I began to get anxious. Did Mario forget me? I left him only a week before leaving with him only the day and time I would return. Would he be at the airport to retrieve me? As I focused my gaze through the window of, what seemed to be a twin-engine and very small plane, I became entranced by the topography. I flew into Panama City from David and was awestruck as my...... Similar Editorial : Used Car Prices by Theodore Olson. | Source : Transit Visa
