Our last night in Veracruz, Hollywood, Mau, and I wanted to give Mau a good send off party as he was quitting.  We hoped into the cab and told the driver to take us some place fun with live music, dancing, and cheap beer.  (Done, done, and done).  We piled into the cab and sitting in the...

My last stop onboard: Veracruz, Mexico.  I can't think of a better time to have a mini vacation than after an overextended hitch of work, and right before house clean up from the destruction of Hurricane Ike.  After a hitch where everything broke down on our ships, the fire alarms wouldn't stop going...

After getting onboard the ship, it had been about three weeks since I could dig my feet into sturdy land.... and have a good beer in the process.  The shipped docked so we could pick up some provisions and fuel for our next job, and as we would be staying overnight, we got the opportunity to go out,...