Jimbo Red
Retired on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada after spending 30 years overseas in Engineering, Procurement and Construction. involved in Oil and Gas, Pulp and Paper, Civil, Pipeline, Protective Coatings, Refinery and Chemical as well as participation "onsite" during the firefighting efforts in Kuwait after the war with Iraq. Married 5 children, 4 grandchildren and a boat.
OFF TO THE SEYCHELLES WHERE THE PIRATES ONCE LIVED
Half way into our vacation of fall 1989 and we were back on a plane and headed for the Seychelles. We had just finished one week in the Mauritius and were very relaxed and happy. When we embarked we had…
FISHING THE INDIAN OCEAN WITH MY NEW PARTNER RON
Ron has decided on this trip to join me in a fishing charter. I am so excited. Finally we are going to do something I like. We rent our boat, load our gear, load a fisherman and his helper. Now…
THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE ISLE OF MAURITIUS 1989
Late in the year of 1989, our tour guide Deysi decided that we had, had enough work and it was time for a vacation in that part of the world. So one fine October morning, we jumped on a plane…
I NEVER UNDERSTOOD HOW FULL OF CRAP I WAS UNTIL NOW
I have been grinding away on my typewriter now for 8-1/2 weeks and have spewed out 84,000 words (the equivalent to a 280 page book) from this befuddled mind. That is 84,000 that Deysi didn’t have to listen to. If…
SWAZILAND A BREAK IN OUR ROUTINE FOR A QUICK LOOK
Early in 1990 we decided that it was time to have a look see at some of the places around us. Thus far our range had extended to Sun City, Kruger Park and the Johannesburg/Pretoria area. Our travel guide Deysi…
THE GREAT POPCORN EXPLOSION OF SANDTON, SA. 1989
Some of the simplest occurrences made for our greatest memories. This next recollection comes to me as I sit thinking of unusual or funny situations that we landed in and that were completely innocent of our involvement. On a Friday…
MEMORIES OF REDHILL SCHOOL JOHANNESBURG SA.
Ron was back in school and Ange was starting preschool, both in the same place in a private school called Redhill Academy, located in a suburb called Morningside, in Sandton, just outside of Johannesburg and near our home. This was…
PART II, THE GREAT KRUGER PARK SAFARI (THE SURVIVAL PART)
The time had passed so quickly (not so much for Ron and her protege Ange) that before we knew it, the afternoon was waning and a late afternoon glow of sunlight now shone thru the bushes. It’s time to get…
FINALLY WE MADE IT TO KRUGER PARK AND JUST SURVIVED
The time had finally come and we were off to Kruger Park. We joined some families from work and rented a lodge inside of the park. Other than two fenced in compounds, that accommodated about 4 families, no one was…
DEYSI IN IMAGES JOHANNESBURG – JUST HITTING HER STRIDE
All too often in the hustle and bustle of moving family around, organizing trips, making sure everyone was happy, grooming us, and just generally keeping the world right, Deysi (or Ol’ Bubbaloo if you are brave like me) is left…
