Colorado tomorrow!! I'll be hiring a car for the five days I'm there, and hope to remain on the correct (AKA right) side of the road for the majority of the time .... I'm looking forward to meeting the project team, and exploring Denver and Fort Collins!!

A few pics to post, but will do so at a later date. Work to do! Have to prove myself!!

By Pablo NerudaBody of a woman, white hills, white thighs ( Read more... )

Holy crap, everything is going well!

In the space of 5 (yes, FIVE) days, I have:

1. Acquired quality digs. I will move in tomorrow with an American lab manager (26) and a Mexican psychologist (24). That's right, I signed a one year lease today. The place is LOVELY, and is directly across the road from the Country Club, to which we have ( Read more... )

This town rocks. Everyone is super-friendly and helpful. The traffic is calm, and the bike reigns supreme. Everyone seems happy. Livin' the American Dream, baby ( Read more... )

Holy crap! I can take 64 (yes, sixty-four) kg of check-in luggage with me to the US! 2 x 32 kg pieces. That is just excessive! Anyone need bricks transported?

New Caledonia was brilliant but exhausting. I still had some residual jet-lag from Europe, and working from 7am to 8pm each day didn't help ( Read more... )

I have a bloodied lump on my head, where I hit it on an achor in Noumea. Ouch. That is the third time this month.

At work on a Saturday night ... nay, Sunday morning ...
Old habits die hard.
Off to Noumea tonight.
Hurried preparations in progress ....

My last night in Sweden .... I haven't been back for 5 years, and I have had such a brilliant time catching up with old friends. I met up with Micke (high school friend) in Stockholm yesterday, and was re-introduced to the charm of Gamla Stan (the old city). I even managed to make a new Iraqi friend who says that I can come and stay with him ' ( Read more... )

The Sahara was absolutely spectacular.


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