Visiting Capital Of Belize & NO Filming Allowed At U.S. Embassy - Central America Full Of Mosquitos
Belmopan Capital Of Belize
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of This TGIF it is Friday
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January 10th
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2025 just checking out of my hotel here
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in San ignasio and I am on my way to
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bellan I might be correcting pronouncing
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that incorrectly but I'm going to be
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heading north from where I am right
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now about 60 M 70 M an hour
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drive if I was not to stop but I
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probably will be stopping along the the
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highways and whatnot to see what I can
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find it is the capital city and from
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what I'm reading out of all the Americas
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North America which is where I live
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Central America which is where I am now
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and South America which obviously is
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below where I am at right now it is the
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smallest capital city of a country in
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any of those
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massive countries so it should be very
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interesting I'm inviting you to join me
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let take a drive take a ride and check
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out the capital of bise shall you these
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were the accommodations I stayed at up
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on the top up there is a little outdoor
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seating area where there's a little
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bench of swing and a bench and whatnot
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sitting up there couple times it was up
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on the third floor mayabella Downtown
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hotel right here on this street I would
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stay there again if I ever came back
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here to visit don't know if I ever will
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come back here to visit but it was a
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really nice place to stay I enjoyed it
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going to get some coffee down here
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before I get going I'm getting my coffee
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coffee over here at Coffee deos Maya
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deos Mayas over here got it the other
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day it was pretty good so I'm getting
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another cup out what's nice about this
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little hotel is they had a parking area
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underneath the accommodations so the
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first floor was actually on the second
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floor and I was on the third floor even
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though it was technically designated the
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second floor bapon is how you pronounce
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the town I'm going too I asked the
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people over at the Coffee Spot told me
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how to pronounce it all right I fuel the
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car up cuz I use a little bit of gas
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getting down here price of gas here is a
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I have to this is actually a diesel
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vehicle
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$186 cents a gallon keep in mind that is
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2 to one of what you know us prices
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would be so it' be you know a little
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under $6 a gallon if you're looking at
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the comparable us price more or less
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also you don't pump your own gas here
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the associates pump it for you oh sorry
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man go for
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it they clean the window off too
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take a look at that it's kind of like
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Jersey one thing I've noticed about bise
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is most of the people are extremely nice
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guy the service attendant was talking to
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him for a little bit while he was
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fueling up took a little while this the
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pumps were
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slow the 11th 1186 also the bus stop
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over there is made from an old school
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bus stop but he was saying after dark at
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night they no longer will selfs serve or
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they know you will have to selfs serve
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the workers will not work after dark so
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that's when you pump your own gas but
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during the day all over the country I
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guess through bise they'll PP the gas
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for you not not after dark according to
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him all right going over the
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Hawksworth believe it was the Hawksworth
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Bridge saw this from a distance
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yesterday now the bridge I drove in on
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was a different bridge this is a another
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type of bridge this one seems to be a
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little bigger and more structurally
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sound than the other one it was just
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made of wood low to the ground over the
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river this one made out of
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metal one way in one way out two
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different directions going across the
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bridges so this is interesting here
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there is a Precinct Police Precinct here
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and there's a sign I notice this on the
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way in it says stop police checkpoint
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and no one stops and there's no one at
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the
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precinct when I came in the other day no
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one and on the way out no one everyone
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just goes right through it one thing I
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have noticed about driving around the
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last few days is is most of the roads
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are not in the best conditions lots of
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potholes and very very often are the
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speed humps to let people walk across
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the road I mean they come out of nowhere
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there is a little bit of warning with
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the the lines and stuff but you can just
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be zipping along and then it's like wow
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also there's a bus route that goes all
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the way up to George price Highway which
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will be what I will be traversing most
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of today on to my destination these
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little bus stops are in every little
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town on the way through got some bisi
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and cows over here cows from
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Biz over here in the pasture just
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zipping along nice weather
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day clouds in the sky but nothing too
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dramatic no rain a little
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Sun just zipping
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along hello cows hello look at this this
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is right off the side of this
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thare goats
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sheep I think they're just goats just
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right here next to this construction
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area well they might be sheep no that
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one's a
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goat that's a sheep right
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there there's a whole look at there's a
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parade there's a parade of sheep and
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goats over there I mean this is right
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here off the road I mean the traffic's
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just going right
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by no no chain leak fence no barb wire
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fence no fence of any kind they're just
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grazing getting their snacks
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on among the
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foliage so interesting I love
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it and just a few hundred yards now well
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half a mile down from where I was look
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at this there's a cow right here off the
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road there's a cow right there
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there's a cow right there and there's a
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bull look at this right off the side of
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the road just
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chilling just chilling bull get a little
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Sun continued on
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ways here's a resting
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place off the side of the road
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it's interesting cuz some of them look
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like they
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are stacked on top of each other like
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Double Decker in a
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way see how there's two there you don't
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usually see that
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not all of them are that way but a few
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of them
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are this one has Psalm 91 quoted on the
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side anyone who dwells in the shelter of
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the most high will rest in the shadow of
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the Almighty
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so directly out of this neighborhood
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I've
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arrived in the capital city of the
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country is the US Embassy now this is as
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close as I can get to filming it so just
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the next block or two over about three
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blocks over is the
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National Assembly Building of bise also
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talked to a couple security guards over
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at the embassy they were very friendly I
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said hey I'd like to get a little closer
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and get a photo of the front of it and
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know the signs say you can't they're
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like nope they were the nicest it was
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the nicest no I'd ever gotten they're
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like nope can't allow you to do that and
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I guess for security reasons it makes
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sense but don't see any signs over here
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so driving towards this one no parking
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though we you can drive by it I found
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this public parking area over here next
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to the Civic Center and just kind of
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driving around before parking over in
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this section doesn't really appear to be
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a whole heck of a lot going on I believe
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this is considerably smaller than even
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bise city which is not extremely large
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either again this is the smallest
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Capital town the the smallest capital of
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a country
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anywhere in any any of the Americas
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whether it be South America Central
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America or the US by a dramatic amount I
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would imagine also known as The Garden
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City
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right there that's one of the nicknames
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on the side you got some
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animals it's like a anater yeah an eater
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right there in the
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bee then you got a flower or maybe a
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jellyfish I don't think it's a jelly
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probably a flower a two
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can some waterfalls
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Panthers there's the
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flag a lot of public transit are
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repurposed school buses that are
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repainted that's a lot of the buses you
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see all around bise all right so over
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here is the police station Deputy
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commissioner's parking spot right
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there this yellow building that's where
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all the officers are here in
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town I guess this must be the side
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entrance this is the front entrance all
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the bicycles right here big sculpture
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here in
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this is
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it this is the capital
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ground best I could figure drove around
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a little bit and did a quick little
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search on maps and on the internet and
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this seems to be the
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spot right there we go
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headquarters right
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there got the flag up top not a lot of a
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breeze out here at the moment there's a
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little breeze but not enough to get the
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flag going
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see if there's a some sort of placard or
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info about what the sculpture is and it
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looks as if if this is the Capitol
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building is under a major
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refurb got some construction going on
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over there okay at the base of the
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sculpture for the people of Mexico to
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the people of
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bise in occasion of the X anniversary
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10th anniversary of their independence
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is
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X does that mean
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10 no it's got to be more than that I
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don't know inaugurated by the president
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of Mexico Carlos selinus De
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gortari September of
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1991 and that is why this is placed
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here little Sun Burst coming there
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underneath the bottom portion of it and
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these look to be a Apartments over here
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living
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quarters to be honest all of this are
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living quarters oh
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yeah I see little air conditioner
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units all along
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there okay so maybe this is not the
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Capitol
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Building okay here's okay this is the
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name of the plaza public or Plaza
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Republic DLC Salvador right here and I'm
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not going to attempt to pronounce what
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all that down that says but that's that
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is the Plaza's name again it appears as
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if this is not really even in use over
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here this uh massive complex Plaza
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believe people living here but I don't
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think that
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building up there yeah minister of
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infastructure development and housing
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okay I'm seeing what that says now
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minister of infrastructure Independence
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Plaza see another sign over here off in
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the distance I can read with my human
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eyes Ministry of wealth or sorry
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Ministry of Health and
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Wellness that's what's over there in
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that building okay there not apartments
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at least this side over here is
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not that green side against the wall
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says Ministry of Health and Wellness
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getting another look at that impressive
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structure there in the middle looks like
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at one point there at one point there
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would have been a significant placard or
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something
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there nothing at the
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moment but that's getting a look at the
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ministry of infrastructure development
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and housing National Assembly Building
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of bise retrofit project is what that
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sign over to the left there is say not
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in use at the moment I'm used to ants
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born in Mississippi grew up in some
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Southern States was in Oklahoma they had
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they had ants red ants pandle of Florida
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had a lot of ants Central Florida has a
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lot of ants these things are Next Level
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look at
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these right
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here they are carrying fullon leaves
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these are some
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big good siiz ants I don't know if it
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really translates
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to translates to my camera but they are
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on a mission right now going
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along look at
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that I mean noticeably when I walked it
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was like I could see it just FR of my
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peripheral vision looking downward as I
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was walking just goes completely they're
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going all the way down the side of this
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little drainage
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section they're on a mission building a
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home or something they go right across
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the sidewalk as I was walking I was like
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what the heck is that and then I
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realized they're
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ants that would definitely put a hurting
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on you you got bit by one of those
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things put my camera down too low
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because yeah all right going to keep
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walking big ants holy crap they're on
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this tree trunk too look at this look at
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this they're all down in there look at
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that
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oh those things mean
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business all
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right people that are watching me as I'm
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filming this are probably looking at me
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like this gu is definitely from out of
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town getting excited about ants here's
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the post office Postal
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Service right here notic on the sign it
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says belma Pond Branch right there they
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have Express Mail there's the post
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office sign and look at this Relic what
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left of the skeleton section of a
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bise pay
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phone right
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there all the different pamphlets and
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things of years you see definitely years
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of Flyers have been stapled on
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there pretty interesting you got some
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outdoor post office sections there's the
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post office
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sign right there almost looks like a
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barber shop signage with colors but
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really it's the post
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office lot of motorcycles here in
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bullies as well oh I think up here might
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be some some sort of a farmer or a flea
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market or something there's a lot of
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those in this country I'm noticing see
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what's over
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here a little nice little gazebo here
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this building here is the geology and
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petroleum department and the elections
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and boundaries
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Department right here okay so I was
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totally incorrect they are not housing
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accommodations they are government
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businesses little shop over here looks
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like a dress shop called the CC store
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and here is the BMA Pond fire station
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off to the side over
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here you got the ambulance out front the
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fire truck out
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front there's the fire
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station over there see if I can find
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some bite to eat here in town
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as seen on pretty much all the little
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street corners and little sections all
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around the country a lot of people
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selling the street meat the rice and
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beans you get chicken you can get pork
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get beef things like that see what I can
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find over here more of a brick and
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mortar type store I've been eating a lot
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of rice and beans and I am not
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complaining all because I love love rice
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and beans you'll never hear me complain
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about eating rice and beans cuz they
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I don't know I just love rice and
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beans give me some I just need like a
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little stand over there that was maybe
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used for something at some point right
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there in the middle this is hides mini
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Mark Mini Mart this little stretch right
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stretch right there also one thing I'm
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noticing around you always get these
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little sections through here that you
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kind of look down there's always little
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waterways underneath these little little
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areas you got these little grates over
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like little retention areas I don't know
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if there's water down there I'm just
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noticing a lot of that since I've been
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here in believe everywhere you walk you
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always got to be looking down for ants
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and trip hazards hazards seeing those
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ants made me realize still haven't
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bought
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any bug spray yet so got some back there
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a little mini Mark $4.95 that would be
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for be $15 B which would be 750 us so I
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got this Haven haven't been haven't
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gotten eaten up yet by bugs but trip is
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not over yet so good to have it just in
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case they start gnawing on me
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this is interesting too so you got the
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obviously the post office is right here
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looks like that they deliver mail on
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motorcycles look there's an official
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post office Postal Service sticker on
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the side of that motorcycle
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there these are all post office
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motorcycles all right this is Social
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Security Board is located right here in
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this building so there's another
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official business facility the social
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Security Board located right here of
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bise another Market another outdoor
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Market over there as well it's like lots
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of tents over there lots of
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flag couldn't get out and film the US
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flag at the embassy but I can film this
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one oh like a tractor beam I was pulled
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into over here I mean there is a
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kangaroo which is awesome on on this
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like uh little Fair attraction almost
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like a little Carnival equipment that's
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set up over here there's the Joker but
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check out Mickey right here and Donald
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and Goofy look at this freaking Mickey
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there's another Mickey right over there
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look at that completely honest I guess
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probably because it's during the day
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none of this stuff is running or maybe
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it runs at night or maybe it's not used
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at all but this is just really
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fascinating this little Carnival here
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next to a little Pop-Up flea market you
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go back over my car that's over there at
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the Civic Center I don't know if this
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Bridge here is structurally sound right
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here probably not yeah I'll just walk up
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here I mean I could hop across
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but just walk across right here another
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roundabout so has a very unique
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structure the circle of
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it there's a
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cow the end of that bus so I'm heading
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over to a place called Roaring River
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down there Road next town over and it's
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located down this road I have booked
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accommodations for this evening for one
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night I'm going to be staying right on
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the Roaring River I'm very curious to
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see just how roaring it is or if it's
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just a slow moving
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stream or how RI roaring it might
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possibly
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be this is about 5 miles
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outside of the capital where I just was
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over in the hilly area very hilly
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through
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here passing by a bird rescue look at
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this here is the biz bird rescue saving
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wild
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birds down this road next to the Roaring
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River it is not open to the general
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public says right there not open to the
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General Public
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but there are some people back in there
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the sign says not open to anyone not the
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I'm part of the general public so I'm
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not allowed in there man I bet they got
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a lot of birds in there I mean I would
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guess
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right
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interesting is this it
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okay it says wild dining experience and
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golf course I don't want to play golf
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but I guess this is probably
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where they have closed circuit
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television and audio monitors on
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premises according to that side the Big
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R
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this makes a lot of sense but I don't
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know if I've ever seen it before you got
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the trees here with reflectors on them
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that way at night when someone's driving
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here if they could see the trees I would
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have never thought of that but it does
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make sense especially if you went into
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town
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and had a wild
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evening this is out here definely a
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massive difference so where I've been
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the last few days this is out here
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didn't really know what to expect I just
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did a quick little booking
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online and didn't really look to see
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exactly where it was going to be didn't
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realize it was going to be on a golf
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course guess I should have paid a little
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bit more
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attention all right I'm inside this
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place was only like $130 a night it's
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kind of echoey in here but man it's
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expansive one big room right here along
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the river big bed over there you got the
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closet space there full dinette there
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little kitchen countertop if you will
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got the coffee machine over here little
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wild dining I just
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had the menu there if you want to get
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takeout
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fridge big
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TV
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restroom facilities in
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here wow nice shower really nice this
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place is nice
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all
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right again very reasonably priced in
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comparison and it's away from
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everything really nothing out here for a
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few miles let's take a look what's out
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here got the Roaring River a Roaring
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Creek some sort of a Waterway going by I
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might have to take a little walk down
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there
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very nice overlooking the river I like
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this
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place I'm just here for the evening just
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passing through
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but definitely
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nice I like it two seats out here
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wow
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okay well done I think once the sun goes
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down I think once the sun goes down I'm
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going to stay inside cuz these
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mosquitoes
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out here
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something spray this all over
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me yeah after the sun goes down I'm not
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going mosquitoes are already pretty
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thick out here in tubes got to go
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tubing different different River than I
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was at the other day when I was doing
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the mosquito Coast
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spots but another B River
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nonetheless I'm going to turn in early
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tonight relax in the room right there on
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one of the
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balconies plan out the next series of
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days
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quickly all right that's going to do it
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for today thanks for watching I'll see
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you in the next video the Vlog is over