Well its been a year since we stepped foot in the swamp, and its been a roller coaster of a year. The financial crisis is well underway and the financial markets and those that depend on them have their work cut out for the next year or two or three............. Having lived in Bermuda for seven years we have been asked many times how the two islands compare, and we certainly do our fair share of comparing the two islands ourselves. With the exception of competing for the right to claim itself as the supreme offshore jurisdiction for hedge fund administration, [View Full Entry]

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After spending (11.5) months travelling the world and visiting the majority of the most famous cities in the world there is no doubting that Vancouver is in the top most beautiful cities in the world - on a sunny day. By no means is Vancouver a world class city on the Financial front, far from it, but it is certaintly one of the easiest cities on the eyes and lungs. For visitors there are so many things to do during your stay, should the sun god be good to you. You will definitely be raving about the city to your friends [View Full Entry]

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Well our trip is now over, can't believe that we are done and no doubt all our subscribers are pleased that the emails from us are now ending. Calgary was fantastic for so many reasons. Thank you to Dale and Angel and Philip & Daphne for being such great hosts. In addition, we would like to thank all those that drove hours and in some cases across several provincial lines to attend our first annual Mini-Bermudian Expat BBQ. It was awesome to see so many familiar faces after (11) months on the road. Our initiation to Calgary was good, the [View Full Entry]

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After an (8) hour flight we landed on the island so notorious for surfing, sun and fun. However, we would have to wait to see Hawaii a bit longer than anticipated as the US Immigration officer that we were to go through, did not speak English and could not phalom the idea of traveling the world, especially visiting such terrorists hot spots of Egypt and Morocco - What a Joke. After standing at the booth for 30 minutes, and being asked such moron questions as "Can you show me your Employment Identification Card?" and "What is a CPA/CA?" we were [View Full Entry]

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After a short flight from Christchurch to Brisbane and a good night's sleep, we picked up our rental car and drove (5) hours North to Agnes Water. The sole reason for going to Agnes Water was to try our luck for a 2nd time to get out to the Great Barrier Reef. A month earlier we were unsuccessful from Port Douglas, so we thought would use our (5) day window between flights to give the GBR another go. As the local hairdresser informed me, Agnes Water is better known as "A Place to No Where". The only reason to come [View Full Entry]

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Getting to the South Island was a like stepping back in time. Insisting that you arrive at the ferry terminal at 7:00am, an 1 hr before boarding, we did just that, and then proceeded to sit in the car with nothing to do until the 8:00 boarding began at 8:15am. All this time the loading area could only hold approx 25 vehicles, meaning the rest of the vehicles were required to wait in line and even worse, sit in the right hand turning lane for a good 30 minutes without being able to turn into the ferry terminal. Excited to begin [View Full Entry]

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After an extremely painful and costly time at the Melbourne airport we arrived in the land that reminds us of British Columbia, Scotland and many other countries. New Zealand, like most other countries in the world, requires visitors to their promised land to have a return ticket to ensure you exit their country. However, unlike 99.9% of all the other countries, looking respectable and having onward tickets to other countries, regardless if you have a ticket that specifically departes the country, was supposedly not good enough - so Quantas said! The Quantas check-in staff would have nothing [View Full Entry]

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After a (3hr) flight from Cairns to Melbourne, we checked into the Formula 1 Hotel at the Melbourne Airport (great little Hotel Chain, sort of like a box but serves its purpose). Started the next morning by getting an Avis rental car, which was a bit of a mess as their systems went down and they had to turn to the manual process of allocating cars. Needless to say, we got a car that wasn't in their system. Oh well, off we went! The Great Ocean Drive We drove from Melbourne to Port Campbell stopping off in Torquay to see the [View Full Entry]

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After a relatively easy (8 hr) flight from Singapore Airlines we arrived down under. Wow, can't believe we have arrived in Aussie, home of Aussie Rules Footy, the saying of "Good on you Mate" and the land of politically incorrectness (I love the "tell it as it is approach"). Sydney We spent (5) nights at the Leisure Inn Suites in Kings Cross (good location, and inexpensive for Sydney - just don't stay their on a Fri or Sat if you want any sleep). To our surprise the area of Kings Cross was nothing as described by many of the travel books. [View Full Entry]

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Took a (35 Min) flight from Puket to Samui and arrived at the Bangkok Airways landing strip. The airport or shack is a bit of a joke but nonetheless it serves its purpose. Unfortunately, Bangkok Airways owns the landing strip, thus resulting in it being the only airlines that flies in and out of Samui. Before we start our blog we have decided to state our must see's in Southern Thailand: 1. Koh Phangan (great beaches, undeveloped & really chilled out) 1a. Koh Lanta (great beaches, undeveloped & really chilled out) 2. Phi Phi Don/Ley (good beaches and naturally beautiful) 3. [View Full Entry]

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