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They called my son "pelito maiz," meaning "little corn hair."
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PROLOGUE
"Back-a-Bush"
When I lived in Belize, it was not simply a place, but a unique time-and-space, and now certainly a bygone era. I didn't just live off-the-grid, there was no "grid." Our life 'back-a-bush' was a colorful and often dangerous one, whetted with the keen edge of fear-and-necessity that drove us and fed our young thirst for exploration. It was an era of pure survival against which we tested our mettle, armed with nothing more than bravado, utopian ideologies, bullet-proof youth, and no small measure of naiveté. It was a time when we pitted ourselves, in the name of adventure, against whatever Mother Nature and karma could dish out. ~NK~
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CHAPTER ONE
"Midnight Arrival- 1976"
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CHAPTER TWO
"Old Northern Highway"
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CHAPTER THREE
"East of Haulover"
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CHAPTER FOUR
"In Living Color"
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CHAPTER FIVE
"Mask Man"
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CHAPTER SIX
"What the Hell is a Bot'lass?"
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CHAPTER SEVEN
"Hawkesworth Horizon"
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CHAPTER EIGHT
"Rio Macal"
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CHAPTER NINE
"Wa Chikin Foot"
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CHAPTER TEN
"Pioneer Spirit"
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
"Earth is NOT
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CHAPTER TWELVE
"Monkey Fall Down
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
"Mad Dogs and Englishmen"
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN
"Mennonite Auction"
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN
"Space-Goat Wears the Devil's Pentangle"
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN
"Escandar Bedran - El Padrino"
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
"Dry Season Slash-n-Burn"
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
"Old Thomas Green"
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CHAPTER NINETEEN
"Queen Defender of Wildlife"
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CHAPTER TWENTY
"Halcyon Days"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
"Centrifugal Force"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
"Don Tiburcio's Scabbard"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
"Good Friday Alligator"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
"River of Faraway Dreams"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
"Meet the Toyotas"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
"Stoopid Gringo"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
"Could I Eat This Mushroom?"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
"Simply Speaking, Abuelita"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
"Ayuda en la Cocina"
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CHAPTER THIRTY
"Evil Protozoa"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
"Cock Tax"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
"Dance of Dangriga"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
"Belizean Amazon"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
"Too Many Ways To Die"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
"Stoney Blue's Treehouse"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
"Color of the Wet"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
"River Monster"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
"Jackie Vasquez"
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
"Walking Man"
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CHAPTER FORTY
"History of Macaw Bank"
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CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
"Belmopan Song"
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CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
"Alta Vista-Year of the Snake"
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CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
"Sticks and Stones"
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CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
"King of Macaw Bank"
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CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
"Potlika and di Shotgun"
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CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
"Polo Neal & Ornery Jack-Ass"
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CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
"Butting Heads on the Bridge"
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CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
"Nutmeg in a Box"
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CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
"Swept Away"
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CHAPTER FIFTY
"Dicky and La Llorona"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
"Don Elijio & the Dairy Queen"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
"Don Elijio - Disciple"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
"Secrets of the Crocus Bag"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
"Bitti Jammy! Bitti Jammy!:
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CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
"Tea & Carvings with HMF"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
"Gringo Potluck"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
"Hurricane Greta - Part One"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
"Hurricane Greta - Part Two"
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CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
"Hurricane Greta - Part Three"
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CHAPTER SIXTY
"Bishop Sylvester"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
"Sub Umbra PWD"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
"Sayk a Di War '79"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
"Cowboy Boot & the Ocelot"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
"Fire & Ice"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
"Moon Man"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
"Miss Carmen's House"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
"Bygone Era"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
"Your Half of the Chickens"
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CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
"Well, It Must Be A Duppy..."
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CHAPTER SEVENTY
"...Or a Gunman"
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
"Hola, Hormiga Mia"
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CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
"Cry Geronimo"
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