Friday, March 26, 2010

Vietnam March 2010

Military jeep on property at Mekong Golf & Villas.

Le Manh Cuong, Sales Manager of Mekong Golf & Villas, me and Bao Vinh.

One of the grassed fairways at Mekong Golf & Villas in Bach Dang Hamlet, Vietnam.

Ferry we had to take to get to Mekong Golf & Villas until the bridge is completed.

Me, Blair Cornthwaite/General Manager of Vietnam Golf & Country Club and Bao Vinh.

Great lake and bridge complex at Vietnam Golf & Country Club.

Golf bag conveyor system at Vietnam Golf & Country Club. Loads bags at the front of the club and sends them to the golf cart area and visa versa.

Beautiful Par 3 at Song Be Golf Club in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam

Wall at Song Be Golf Club that was modified to allow three vendors to sell golf balls to golfers playing the course.

Hand weeding the fairways at Song Be Golf Club.

Hand weeding the greens.

Hand sweeping the aerification cores from a tee box at Song Be Golf Club.

Hoang Diep Bao Vinh of Southern JSC/ Le Truong Quang Truong, Manager of Golf Maintenance and Bobby Chua, Director of Palm-Song Be Golf Company LTD.

Driving range with Platinum Paspalum grass at Twin Doves Golf Club. Roger Jones is the Director of Grounds here and Mai Van Nghia is Vice President.

The American Embassy in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam.

What kind of critter do you want to mount on your wall back home?

Cobra and Scorpion liquor from Vietnam. Punches quite a kick!

CGCS Show in Toronto March 2010

True-Surface booth at the Canadian International Turfgrass Conference and Trade Show in Toronto, Canada.


The NEW True-Surface TREKKER units attached to Toro Flex 21s.


Outgoing GCSAA President Mark Kuhns, CGCS, visiting our booth in Ontario.


Nice fruit stand in Toronto's Chinatown and note the decorated moose on the awning.


The CN tower in Toronto.


Ontario College of Art & Design building in Toronto.

New Zealand Feb. 2010

Superintendent Brendan Allen of the Auckland Golf Club using the True-Surface Vibe V rollers to smooth and speed up his practice green. Auckland Golf Club was founded in 1894.

Mike Anderson and Darren Hannay of Parkland and Helensville Golf Club Superintendent Paul Butler.

Helensville Golf Club using the True-Surface Greens Care Collection Vacu-cutter to remove thatch from one of the greens.


Results of using True-Surface Greens Care Collection vacu-cutter to remove thatch from green.


Parkland building in Auckland, NZ.


Hell's Gate geothermal site in Rotorua, New Zealand.


Rainbow Trout migrating upsteam to spawn.


"Tie me Kangaroo down sport", "Tie me Kangaroo down", Hey wait a minute those are wallabies.


Yes folks this is a KIWI bird not the shoe polish.


Nice Rainbow Trout I caught in Lake Rotorua, New Zealand. Look how clear the stream is behind me.

BIGGA Show - Harrogate, UK January 2010

Customers crowding into the True-Surface booth during trade show hours.


Outgoing GCSAA President and Superintendent at Baltusrol Golf Club Mark Kuhns, CGCS visiting our booth in Harrogate, UK



Salesman Mike Stott of GreenTek showing customer our new Trekker unit that mounts to walk-behind greensmowers.



Our booth at the BIGGA show



Flying over Ireland covered with snow on the way to the BIGGA show in Harrogate, UK









Friday, December 11, 2009

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.