Europe/Asia and Holiday - October and November 2009

Red the knuckelhead kissing a stingray in Stingray City, Grand Cayman. She was cute!

My wife Sue and I enjoying sunset in the Caymans

I always travel "Off the Beaten Path" !

Everyone always said that I would go to HELL! I guess I did. Hell, Grand Cayman

One of the historic harbor ferries used daily to transport passengers from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon, China

Great view of the Hong Kong airport that was built on a man-made island.

You tell me but I believe it is called a Slipper Lobster!

Les, myself, Vaughan and Darry at the Breakers in Sai Kung, China

I prefer the chicken feet to the duck feet anyday!

Step right up and order the goose neck to go at this fast food vendor in Kowloon, China

Street vendor with awesome orchids in Hong Kong and cheap too!

Annie and her daughter during the Loy Krathong festival

3 to 5 pound catfish eating the bread Annie and I were feeding them in front of a Buddist temple

River taxi similar to the one Annie and I rode in to feed the fish.

One of the beautiful temples in the palace in Bangkok

Annie Boriraj, John Deere Asia Pacific and me inside the Royal Palace gounds in Bangkok, Thailand

Atlantic Ocean cliffs at Killkee, close to my home in Ireland

Windor Castle as viewed from the SALTEX water taxi.

David Michel, owner or GreenTek

Robot/remote control mower used in Europe.

Hillside mower from Ransomes. Very Interesting!

John Downes of GreenTek and his wife, Helen

enjoying the sun at the SALTEX show.

Leonard Smith, SCPS with Hawthorne Pacific Group, Waipahu, Hawaii

Betty Tsai and Tony Chen with JYI-Yount Enterprise Co., LTD. in Gueishan Township, Taiwan With Tow Green CEO Kim, Sung il
Business meeting at Tow Green

Lunch with Tow Green employees in Jinju, South Korea

What size and type of dried fish do you want?

Inside fish market stalls in world famous Pusan, South Korea fish market

Tae Woo, Kwon from Kukje Intertrade Co., LTD and me after a great lunch in Kyungki-do, South Korea

They do not fool around in Singapore!
Me with my bag of hot tea and Orchid CC superintendent Adam in Singapore









Dr. Micah Wood, Asian Turfgrass, Bangkok
Annie Boriraj, Product Manager and Market Development and Toi Tankuranun, Product Manager, Irrigation John Deere Asia in Bangkok, Thailand

Demo at Clearwater Bay CC. Us vs. Tru-Turf. We won in green speed and topdressing incorporation!!! Call Darry Kostar superintendent for results.
Look close. Do you see the elephant in the mountain? Clearwater Bay CC in Hong Kong

Denny Xu, Vice General Manager and Sam Cheng with Zhuhai E-Way in Zhuhai, China

Great fresh fish market in Hong Kong

Quite the selection of eggs at the local grocery store in Beijing


Demonstrations with superintendent Mr. Zhang Fengming, Sam Zhang, Christine Li and Leo Zhang in Beijing, China

Demonstration at Grand Eagle in Beijing, China with Sam Zhang, Linda Liu, Wanamakerr King, Christine Li, Marco Wan and Robin Na

United Kingdom May/June 2009

The London Eye. Was once the world's largest ferris wheel. Singapore has now built a larger one.

Wild looking gargoyle from Westminster Abbey.

Big Ben and the House of Parliment in London.

Marsden limekilns. Kilns were used to manufacture lime for farming and were built in the 1870's along with an entire village of Marsden. The village disappeared by 1977 along with the closing of the kilns.

Marsden lighthouse which was the first all electric lighthouse in the world.

Shorts of Whitburn, Toro distributor in Whitburn, UK.

TSL - Turfcare Specalists Limited in Point Lane, Leadgate.

Steven Bartle and John Russell of The Mower Shop, Toro service center and retail store, in West Haddon, UK.

MOX UK golf cart?

Look, it is an English Shepherd Bull! Better known as Kyloe cattle which is an ancient breed of cattle.

Prayer tree growing on the "Bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond in Scotland.

Ruins of Castell Aberystwyth Castle in Wales.

Craignethan Castle.

View from Castell Aberystwyth Castle overlooking part of the town of Aberystwyth, Wales.

Very artistic gargoyle in Aberystwyth, Wales.

How often do you have to take your sheep for a walk and what is up with the diaper?

South Korea

One of the side streets in Seoul with great entertainment and places to relax, unwind and enjoy a meal.

Guinness taste and looks the same no matter what language it is in!

Dinner waiting to be served on a street in Seoul.

Friend, Ryan Nowack, Professor of English at Sejong University in Seoul, Korea.

Nam Sang, Kim General Manager, Management Team; Tae Woo, Kwon Assistant Manager, Management Team; Hyo Jun, Cho Asistant Manager, Sales Team and Hyoung Jin, Park Sales Team having a great lunch with me at their building for Kukje Intertrade Co. Ltd.

Chan-Ho, Cho Managing Director and Betty Cha, Manager of B-Ray Industrial Co., Ltd. with their St. Louis Cardinals/Toro baseball caps.

Hong Kong

Bamboo scaffolding is all they use in China and it appears to be as sturdy as steel.

Great subway system in Hong Kong, but very crowded at rush hour.

Laser light show over Victoria Harbor.

Steet food vendor on the Hong Kong mainland.

Awesome local restaurant in Hong Kong Wan Chai District.

Darry Koster, Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club superintendent and Willie Slingerland from Flowtronex.

Signature hole # 3 at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club.

Beautiful scenery of Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club.

Singapore

Me enjoying durian fruit. This is the one food that Andrew Zimmerman from the TV show "Bizarre Foods" will not eat.

Equipment storage buildings at Kranji Sancturary Golf Course






Orchids growing at the Orchid Country Club.






Eric Phua from AT Besquip and James Sua CGCS, CCPC, CGIA, Manager of SAFRA.

Worker grooming green with True-Surface Greens Care Collection system at SAFRA Resort.

Distributor and friend Eric Phua having lunch at his brother's food stall.

Spiker demonstration at National Service Resort & Country Club