Where did the time go? I just spent over an hour flipping around your blog and I must say I enjoyed reading about your travels with your family and your diving experiences .I cannot wait to come back and read some more.Hopefully I will have as much on mine one day.Just not the golf. I cannot hit a ball with a club even if you offered me money.keep up the good work!
AMAZING!!... An encounter with a Great White is my worst nightmare... however, our friend Tino (he owns a dive school in Semporna) has in his diving bucket list to go to the 'sardine run' in SA to dive with Great whites with no cage... not for me, thanks!!!... I think 50 hammerheads are already more than I could handle :o)
Great Family experience Hey, Thanks for your sharing your great family experience in Sri Lanka. Colombo with all its hustle and bustle of the big city life, truly is magical and take tell a story of a 1000 years if historic impact.
Hello Peter and Mari, We are planning to go to Iceland next summer and have enjoyed reading this blog today. No, I would not want to spend a winter in Iceland. The waterfalls sound great.
I was wondering when the obligatory photo of you and a cigar was going to appear!
Enjoying your blogs on Sri Lanka - might be our next destination if the time is right!
Clear Lake Very "cool" pix. Check this out for one of you possible dives in the future.
Clear Lake, located about 2.5 hours Southeast of the Portland/Vancouver area or about 75 miles East of Eugene, OR, is surrounded on three sides by 9,000' tall snow-capped mountains at an elevation of 3,012' and is primarily fed by snow runoff from nearby Mount Washington and the surrounding areas. Sources state the runoff filters through underground caverns for more than 20 years before emptying into Clear Lake. Clear Lake also serves as the headwaters of the McKenzie River, which is the sole source of drinking water for Eugene, Oregon.
Clear Lake is reported to be one of the most exceptional freshwater dive spots in the United States, a certain unique experience. Submerged in the lake are upright preserved trees that were killed approximately 3,000 years ago when volcanic activity created the lake, bubbling springs, eerie neon green foliage, and weird little stick bugs underwater (plus some little red dots that I swore had legs and were also moving). The trees are remarkably preserved due to the cold year-round water temperatures of between 35–43 °F. The lake has two main bodies connected by a fast moving bottleneck which presents some fair water movement when in that channel, in all other places underwater the water is serene. Visibility can ebb into the 100'+ range at times.
http://eugenediveclub.com/photo_gallery/clear_lake/clear_lake.html
Hi guys, glad you are all ok there in Bangkok...hopefully the water will stay away! It looks like you had a fab time in Sri Lanka - we'll get there soon. Those waves look fantastic and it seems like Leslie and Tiffany really enjoyed playing in them! Stay dry! Donna and Neil
Family time! it really makes me smile reading your blogs about the ENTIRE family traveling. You're doing a good job blending family bonding with adventure. Your children are extremely lucky.
How's Bangkok, btw? I just might drop by in December on a quick pass thru-- so hopefully, no more floods. Take care.
Hello Hello...I am a keen follower of your blogs and I envy your chances of being with your family even while you are on business trips(thats my understanding from your post.) I would like to know what kind of job or business you are into? which is giving a chance to travel as well as work for you?
Please share if you do not have any issues.
I understand that lot of european people love to spend lot of time in Asia especialy Thai and neighbouring countries for obvious reasons....would appreciate your thoughts in latest blog about your opinion why you have stayed in Asia for such a long time.
Regards.
You got it right...job, cars, and mansions do not define a person; family and friends do. I feel I know you better from this blog. However, I am still curious how you afford so much time and money to travel as much as you do. I had great jobs that allowed me to travel, but not constantly!
Thanks for your pictures of Brussels which brought back many memories. My life has been the reverse of yours. I grew up in Asia, living 18 years in Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia, but spent a majority of my working life in Europe, living 7 years in Germany and 11 years in Belgium. Our home was in Overijse, near Louvain-La-Neuve. But now I am retired in Colorado, but still take major trips once per year. I wish my daughter would decide where her wedding will be so that I can plan my 2012 trip.
this, by far, is one of my favorites among your most interesting blogs. Yours are very adventurous, romantic and action-packed (compared to my corny sober trips) but I love this blog because I feel I have come to know you better. You reflected on your life, and I could sense your happiness even by just looking back. Relationships mean a lot to me, as I have, like you, kept many of my friends from way back....... [photo=5889137]
Any person who values that, ranks high in my list. And true, cars, big houses don\'t matter as much as Family and relationships do.
Unbelievable! you know me. I don\'t dive, would be too scared . But this visibility... Unbelievable! And wedged between Europe and North America plates! It sounds almost crazy. But really, your photos blew my mind.
We saw an interview with the PM of Iceland on CNN yesterday, he has started a huge tourist campaign to attract people to Iceland (maybe it\'ll do something about the empty airport?) - it involves the Icelandic people taking tourists into their homes. The PM is also offering his home and promises the people who stay with him pancakes, a very quirky campaign!
It looks cold there, amazing landscapes though! Hope you are all well
This blog is just short of 10 years old. We have now move to South Africa.
Why South Africa? Simple, great wine, great food, great golf and even more amazing diving! I will for once continue to blog from time to time about home. After all, this is just my fourth continent after having grow up in Europe, lived in Asia for twenty years, and even spent a full year living the life of Buenos Aires.
Come to visit....there is so much to do here! ... full info
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Where did the time go?
I just spent over an hour flipping around your blog and I must say I enjoyed reading about your travels with your family and your diving experiences .I cannot wait to come back and read some more.Hopefully I will have as much on mine one day.Just not the golf. I cannot hit a ball with a club even if you offered me money.keep up the good work!