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Ketch check it here - bagaloo - 02-17-2014
Re: Ketch check it here - ketchim - 02-18-2014
Great stuff ....looked at half and pause ...
lemme go for a Brew
Re: Ketch check it here - Kwami - 02-18-2014
I remember seeing this in the 70 ies when I came here . Mutual of Omaha wild Kingdom
Re: Ketch check it here - Calypso - 02-18-2014
I've also seen this before ... years ago
What is fascinating is the life story of Stan Brock, the young British cowboy turned TV presenter, actor, philanthropist.
His father was a civil servant/telephone engineer who went to British Guiana in the colonial days. Stan dropped out of school in England and followed his parents to BG where he got a job at Dadanawa Ranch as a 'vaquero' and learned the local Amerindian dialect.....
In 1985 he founded Remote Area Medical .... Read more here and click on the video links on the right side of page ..... Click here
Re: Ketch check it here - Calypso - 02-18-2014
Medicine Man: The Stan Brock Story is a documentary to be released in 2015
Re: Ketch check it here - Calypso - 02-18-2014
Former cowboy flying free health care to those in need ...click
Re: Ketch check it here - mapoui - 02-18-2014
good show! solid human!
what's the state of that ranch currently..cattle in guyana ::confused::
Re: Ketch check it here - Calypso - 02-18-2014
From what I can remember ..... back then there were two large ranches in that area. One was owned by the Hart family and the other by Tiny McTurk whose daughters were friendly with my Mom. The name Melville family also rings a bell.
Perhaps Mes can help me out here.
I'll do a search and see if I find anything when I've got a moment .....
Re: Ketch check it here - Calypso - 02-18-2014
It seems that it is still run as a ranch but also an eco-tourism business ....
This is from Wiki .... Click here >>
Re: Ketch check it here - Calypso - 02-18-2014
Meseret, Ketchim, Kwami ........... y'all remember this?
The Rupununi Uprising ... click >>