Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[ocap]

Facebook has added another definition to the word "friend".

C. S. Lewis has written about how the word "gentleman" had an original meaning of landowner.

I enjoy talking to "missionaries", but not all of them speak the "Truth".

 

[ozexpat]

they found the bodies of the children - and two extra teenage kids that they are trying to work out where they are from.

at least the poor parents can bury their kids

 

[FridayYet]

Glad the parents can get some closure to an incredibly sad situation. My heart goes out to them.

 

[Phage]

they found the bodies of the children - and two extra teenage kids that they are trying to work out where they are from.

at least the poor parents can bury their kids

I can't even imagine their pain.

 

[Phage]

Not mine but a good one....

 

[Phage]

On a lighter note..

The most annoying "chicken" video ever.

 

[tntchix]

Oh no I wonder who the other ones are? I cannot even imagine how that conversation will go

 

[ozexpat]

On a lighter note..

The most annoying "chicken" video ever.

thanks for the noise lol

 

[Amberjem]

 

[dpenning]

Oz, I will come out of lurk to ask you a question. We recently went on a cruise through the panama canal which was lovely. Some of the stops were Belize, Roatan Island Honduras and Costa Rica. When you stop in these places you can see the abject poverty the people live in, honestly it makes me feel guilty for being lucky enough to have been born in the US and lead the blessed life I do. It makes me not want to go to central or south America.

I did think of your story when I was there and it made me wonder how to best help the people in these places rather than just avoid going there. If you buy the baubles they are selling you get swarmed, and you cant just hand out cash without making yourself a target IMO. Aside from tipping generously, are there things that tourists can do or not do to help?