Challenge Entry

Adventure

By montarapete written 7/25/07 12:17 PM, published 7/25/07 12:17 PM

wafer bay bringing the bacon home good day
Adventure
Over forty years ago the world was much bigger then today. In San Jose, Costa Rica I met a couple of Belgians who asked me to join them on a treasure hunt to Cocos Island.
This was before the place was turned into a tourist circus and a world heritage site.
Together we had maybe $2000,no communication equipment, a tent, rice beans, coffee and spices to last for a few month. Hubert had a "treasure map" and a metal detector.
I had a burning craving for adventure and little else.
A chartered shrimp boat dropped us off.
For almost six month we lived off the island without seeing another human being. Then a tuna fishing boat picked us up, barely alive.

the camp wafer bay bringing the bacon home good day
Adventure
Over forty years ago the world was much bigger then today. In San Jose, Costa Rica I met a couple of Belgians who asked me to join them on a treasure hunt to Cocos Island.
This was before the place was turned into a tourist circus and a world heritage site.
Together we had maybe $2000,no communication equipment, a tent, rice beans, coffee and spices to last for a few month. Hubert had a "treasure map" and a metal detector.
I had a burning craving for adventure and little else.
A chartered shrimp boat dropped us off.
For almost six month we lived off the island without seeing another human being. Then a tuna fishing boat picked us up, barely alive.



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