pirates of the caribbean ...
Historians chronicle Roberto Cofresi (born in Puerto Rico) as the last successful Pirate of the Caribbean and an unlikely hero on this chain of West Indies islands immersed in political turmoil ever since Columbus first stumbled upon them.
Characterized as a roguish yet benign and generous thief, Cofresi was a pirate of the people! Their Robin Hood of the high seas, stealing from the rich and sharing his booty with the downtrodden islanders as his legend grew.
Dominicans romanticize him as an immortal magician who could make his ship disappear when surrounded and could invoke supernatural powers to survive lethal wounds like a blade to the heart. They claim he rose from the dead each time he was killed. Blimey!
And now it seems … as is wont to happen with ghosts … he's back. Or is he?
Dominicans romanticize him as an immortal magician who could make his ship disappear when surrounded and could invoke supernatural powers to survive lethal wounds like a blade to the heart. They claim he rose from the dead each time he was killed. Blimey!
And now it seems … as is wont to happen with ghosts … he's back. Or is he?
Could the sightings really be the eternal spirit of Cofresi defending his pieces of eight? OR, is it a swarthy new buccaneer with Letters of Marque defending the territory from a foreign Admiral come to lay claim to all he sees?
Through trusted sources we’ve learned that WE “Iguana Mama Adventure Tours” have been branded “The Pirates of Amber Cove” by none other than Carnival Cruise Lines, the official privateer of the north coast!
While we find that amusing and pretty ironic, we would argue it’s the other way around! Still, in the spirit of legend, as an independent tour operator in this region for the past 20 years (and the first licensed adventure tour operator on the island), we embrace this "Pirate" designation bestowed upon us by the new Columbus of the north and consider it a treasure worth fighting for!
While we find that amusing and pretty ironic, we would argue it’s the other way around! Still, in the spirit of legend, as an independent tour operator in this region for the past 20 years (and the first licensed adventure tour operator on the island), we embrace this "Pirate" designation bestowed upon us by the new Columbus of the north and consider it a treasure worth fighting for!
Try as they might, firing cannon ball after cannon ball at us, Carnival cannot sink our commitment to providing excellent adventures to ANYONE arriving on OUR shores, nor can they send our free spirit to Davy Jones’ Locker which honestly ....... makes them a bit mishuguna!
The truth is, we couldn’t be more flattered! So, as we bow from the waist, tip our corsair hats, wink an eye, heave-ho several bottles of well earned rum and revel that we’re still climbing Jacob’s ladder we give them a hearty "Ay Matey" and a "Yo Ho Ho"!
As far as we’re concerned, the booty behind that iron gate may belong to them but the bounty outside of it belongs to us all.
In the name of free will, free enterprise, freedom of choice and freedom in general, we vow to be galley slaves for no Captain Bligh and to keep our Independent flag hoisted high!
Savvy?
The truth is, we couldn’t be more flattered! So, as we bow from the waist, tip our corsair hats, wink an eye, heave-ho several bottles of well earned rum and revel that we’re still climbing Jacob’s ladder we give them a hearty "Ay Matey" and a "Yo Ho Ho"!
As far as we’re concerned, the booty behind that iron gate may belong to them but the bounty outside of it belongs to us all.
In the name of free will, free enterprise, freedom of choice and freedom in general, we vow to be galley slaves for no Captain Bligh and to keep our Independent flag hoisted high!
Savvy?
