Everything is well thank you Mars... simply busy, busy... getting involved in three projects, so ... not much time to post ...
Trading is good (not as good as yours of course)... but getting better, seeking safer trades waiting for the "extremes" sometimes successful sometimes not.
As for El Dorado... well, it seems you are one of the lucky ones... the conquest of the Americas is full of "El Dorado's" from Florida to Colombia and back... and while many chase them, few, if any found their own particular kind of "El Dorado" (The Gilded One).
As for me... more and more I become convinced that the real El Dorado is the search, rather than to find whatever place, or fortune, or whatever... it is the trek that one needs to learn to enjoy and savor with much gusto, thus we enjoy everyday but we MUST pursue a goal... a dream, a "something"... each must go after their own "El Dorado" whatever that may be...
In the early conquest for the Americas, soon the natives learned of the greed openly shown by the conquistadores in their search for wealth. The natives created legends of hidden (and imaginary) treasures in far away places... such as Lago Guatavita in Colombia... Here is a small sample of the expeditions that were organized to find these magical places... like this, from Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, there were many others from Florida to Argentina, Perú, México and many other places...
lamp.ac.uk
and a map showing how three different expeditions got there...
lamp.ac.uk
The original "El Dorado" (at least according to this:)
infoplease.com
The main protagonist of the event... sort of Indiana Jones of way back then...
infoplease.com
The Gilded Man
El Dorado is the central figure in a legend told by natives of the Colombian highlands. The Muisca people were said to install their new ruler with great ceremony at a sacred lake, Guatavita. He was stripped to his skin, coated with a sticky clay, and covered entirely with gold dust. Thus gilded, he and four lesser chieftains boarded a raft loaded with gold and emeralds, while the sound of trumpets, flutes, other instruments and singing shook the mountains and valleys. When the raft reached the center of the lake, a banner was raised to signal silence. In this silence, the ruler and his chieftains threw all the gold and jewels into the water as an offering to the gods, and the people on shore did likewise. Then with great singing and dancing, he was recognized as lord and king.
humanities-interactive.org
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El Dorado (also a fish --Mahi Mahi)... -g Stubborn fish, once it took me 4 times the effort to bring it home than getting a Sail-fish
chef-recipes.com
---- AH that reminds me....
We climb the highest mountain,
just to get a better view
We plumb the deepest ocean
cuz we're daring through and through
We cross the scorching dessert,
Martinis in our hand.
We ski the polar ice cap
in tuxedo, looking grand
We are reckless, brave and loyal,
and valiant to the end
If you come in here a stranger
you'll exit as a friend.
Merriweather Adam Pleasure
1932
Founder... The Adventurer's Club |
