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BAHIA
POST OFFICE... .You
may not know the name of the island, but Floreana has a claim to fame
that most cruisers want to see. It's the Bahia Post Office.
Of course, it has to be a special one, and it most certainly is.
Whalers established the post office in the 18th century by using a
rum barrel. It has been in service ever since and the price
of postage has never gone up. It is free!
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...............And
now . . .
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The
way it works hasn't changed either. You drop off your mail in the
barrel and take a letter with you going in your direction. I
picked up two post cards (one to Ohio and one to France) and dropped
off two post cards (which returned to me from New York and Scotland).
It worked!
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