HQ Fire Brigade Visit April 10, 2002 Last night was quite the partially expected adventure. While meeting with a friend at Circular Quay (Sydney’s ferry launch), a young gal sat in…
Island Hopping April 7, 2002 The trip to New Zealand was amazing. The cape at the far NW is Cape Regina which is where a small lighthouse keeps a…
Downunder Again! March 25, 2002 March 26th will never really exist for me… at first glance I would claim this to be my third day lost to the ether…
Meeting Folks November 21, 2001 I made it to the flight no worries, but would have never expected what happened next. While waiting for the plane to board, an…
The China Express November 21, 2001 China is a land of mystery as much to those who live there as it is for those of us traveling through. Barbaric from…
Turtle Talk November 15, 2001 In keeping with what has turned out to be somewhat of an island fetish, my trip down south to Kyushu, the southern most island…
Yea, English! November 15, 2001 A community center in Kuwana that we teach English at felt it necessary to take us English teachers out to lunch. It was a…
Sadoriffic! November 2, 2001 The island of Sadogashima, just off the coast of Niigata City in the Sea of Japan proved to be an amazing discovery, one of…
Nagoya Festival October 14, 2001 Jumping right back into things when I got back to Japan, I got word of the big festival hapening in Nagoya, and was off…
The Hunt for Sea Turtles September 7, 2001 Patience is key in scientific research and no one knows that better than Scott Eckert and Peter Dutton. The two scientists and their crews…
