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Comment #3903

2018-10-20T01:28:43Z

Possibly they are hoarding something, but not likely. Thanks.

Comment #3902

2018-10-19T21:57:03Z

Those are tourist hordes, right, not hoards?

Comment #3901

2018-10-12T12:47:24Z

He does sound like just such a person.

I read the article on his home page (http://www.claytor.com/) and wondered at this passage: "They keep using this word inshallah. ... I have never heard this radio term before, and I am confused by it." Then I realized that the article is from 1997. It will be almost five years before inshallah becomes a household word.

I was also confused by the "Mother Theresa dollar" he says is used to make Yemeni silver. He can't mean the "Diana meets Mother Teresa " dollar minted by the Pacific Island of Niue, since the event that commemorates occurred five months after the article was written, and in any case that coin is only silver plated, not the 85% silver he mentions. Most likely he is referring to the Maria Theresa thaler, which is 83.3% silver and was common in that part of the world.

Adventure lives!

Comment #3900

2018-10-12T11:28:03Z

I have these books on my "try to find" list for book sales. Not sure how lucky I will get.

There are still people like this, who live a life full of adventure. One of my college classmates is an adventurer. His goal was to be a bush pilot on all seven continents. I can remember him talking about it in school. I believe he was already a pilot by the time college started. I am not sure he has hit all the continents yet as he seems to have spent a lot of time in Africa and Asia. His website doesn't get updated all that frequently, but check out Tom Claytor. He has been featured in an NGS film called "Flight Over Africa" (I have not watched it).