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Training Program in Holland

April 12th, 2007 by James

Last week my company sent me for leadership training in Holland (where our main office is located). This was a great week and not at all what I expected (no touchy-feely teambuilding excercises). I made some great new friends and met folks from our offices all around the world.

We rode an old restored tugboat to the barrier island of Terschelling in the North Sea and stayed at a hotel very near the beach. The dunes and dune-grass there were amazing - sculpted by the strong wind coming in off the North Sea. I didn’t get any photos of the sand waves down on the beach for fear of my camera getting sand-blasted.

After the week’s training we returned to Amsterdam and had one evening to explore the city before flying home. We did walk through the “famous” red-light district on the way back to the train - but sorry, we didn’t take any photos

Click on the photos above to see more images from the week.

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Moca Trip - Equatorial Guinea

April 11th, 2007 by James

My last day in EG I got to go up in the mountains for a few hrs and visit Moca Bioko - a small village at about 6,000 ft. The village attracts all of EG’s 5 tourists a year, so the folks that live there are quite sick of having their picture taken. Maybe they will catch on like the Masai and start charging…

A house in the forest, the old school in Moca, and having a Malta with Cris Kennedy and friends

I went to Moca with Cristobal Kennedy who is a local that sometimes helps out as a guide. He was able to help me get a tourist permit from the government that allowed me to take photos. I found Cris on Bioko.org - a website about natural history research in EG. I highly recommend you talk to Cris if you plan to stay in EG for any length of time as he has great local knowledge.

To see the full gallery, click on one of the photos above. We also visited the Rio Tiburon again and you can see a photo of a mudskipper

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