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I love mountains. Last year when I was in South Africa, I have seen Table Mountain for many times, however, I had no chance to climb it. This year, surprised, I was sent to Alps. Amazing Alps~~~~~I love you!

Some places with the most extreme climate......

collected some places with really extreme climate that you should not miss:

World's Coldest Inhabited Place
Average winter temperature at Oymyakon gets as low as -50 degrees Celsius. It has an extreme subarctic climate which makes the ground permanently frozen. The lowest that has been recorded at this place is -90 degrees.

World's Driest Inhabited Place
Aswan in Egypt the driest inhabited place on Earth. The place records about 1 or 2 milimetres of rain every 5 years. There was a time when Aswan did not see any rain for about seven years.

Farthest Point from Earth's Center
Chimborazo volcano is 3,967 miles from the Earth's center. With a peak elevation of 20,564 feet, Chimborazo is also the highest mountain in Ecuador.

Hottest Inhabited Place
At Dallol, Ethiopia, Africa slopes to a depth of 380 feet below sea level, and thus the temperature soars. Dallol has the highest temperature in the world, recorded at 94 degrees Celsius.

Lowest Point on Earth
Dead Sea in Israel is at 1,391 feet below sea level and hence, is the lowest point on Earth. The deepest lake bottom in a below-sea-level depression also belongs to the Dead Sea at -750 meters.

World's Hottest Place
With a temperature of 159 degrees, that has been recorded by satellites, the Lut Desert in Iran is the hottest place on Earth. The hottest air temperature ever recorded was 136 degrees.

World's Wettest Place
Cherrapunji, in 1861, saw 75 feet of rainfall. The average annual rainfall is about 37 feet. Although nearby Mawsynram currently holds that record. The city's yearly rainfall stands at 463.7 inches.

World's Flattest Place
Salar de Uyuni is 130 kilometres long and 100 kilometres and it is larger than 30 countries. The world's largest salt flat is extremely flat.

This kid next to me (he's maybe 15?) listening to Snoop Dogg and Dr.Dre and then I thought 'damn,kids listen to shit music' AND THEN I REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO I WAS BUSTING SOME CANADIAN BACK-FLIPS AND 360s AT THE FREESTYLE ICE RAMP TO THE BEAT OF JAY-Z. Not forgetting, I have several friends thirtysome years and really good skateboarders. There's no difference between me and this kid. Maybe my tie and shirt, but we both have the same Converse shoes!
But what the f*ck, he listens to music really loud on those earphones. That can't be healthy.

I need to get a hold on some Nike or Mission skates. If anyone from Canada, USA, Sweden, Finland or Norway plans on coming to Argentina, please let me know!

Did you see that coming?! No, you didn't f*cking see it, did you? You never gonna f*cking know what's gonna happen next with me. Did you think I was coming back to the ice and this time NOT IN ICELAND? Ah? You didn't see it coming :)

'Some sort of connection'. You hear me saying this very often. It's my personal mantra. There's is some sort of connection. Some sorta connecting to the ice. Let it be proclaimed that the ice is now part of my life again. Let the ice come back to me.
This lady, she's got a black watch with white details. I f*cking want it. It's beautiful.
Coming to the ice again. This time I don't have Marcos' company. In fact, this time I don't have anyone from the past. I think I should start looking for teenage time lost friendships or new ones interested in winter sports. Anyone care to join me? ;D

I remember when I dated this girl that looked exactly like Michelle Williams, I remember I started dating her cos of that reason (shallow much?), however now I am watching this changed and ugly version of her, in the same place, at the same time. And so many years after (not that many) I think Oh God. And then some will charge against me and my cruelty; my f*cking shallow cruelty. To what I will explain I'm a human being, mundane and tired, thus I need to rest too, not just contact Heavenly bodies and if you want, once chosen by one of these, only then I'll realise. YOU HAVE TO DESERVE WHAT YOU ASK FOR.
I am sorry you did what you did. I am sorry you made your decisions and not mine. I am sorry you ruined your life and I'm just begining mine. How come are you so stuck with your lives and I can't barely grasp the concept of sticking? And no I did not leave you alone; you just left yourself alone.

I am close to home and that brings peace to my soul. And that peace in my soul brings thoughts to my brain. Thoughts that bring energy to my spirit, which feeds the blood that moves my body. Which direction should I turn?

I've been delaying a trip to see my brother in Ohio. The last few times it was cold... I'm a Florida guy and dislike cold. Growing up in New York and some band tours into Canada during winter has nightmares of body parts freezing and breaking off!
Like the time I was driving in Nova Scotia Canada in an old Ford van with a broken heater and rotted out weather stripping on the doors. I had a blanket wrapped around my left leg and couldn't feel my toes.

I don't want to travel on a holiday weekend so my window is before Thanksgiving.
The weather has already kicked with nights into the 40's (Fahrenheit) and the leaves on the trees changing color. So, I need to book flights and pack some heavy clothing!

I know it might be a while before we are allowed to travel abroad again, but that has not stopped me from thinking about my next trip. At this moment, the trip will be a week in the United States, to visit a friend in Virginia. That, naturally, led me to look at how much flights are, and when I will have to buy the tickets.

Let's for arguments sake say, that we are allowed to travel again in August 2021, which is a possibility. That would make me able to travel in November, which is where these prices are found!

From Kastrup to Dulles, with stopover in London Heathrow. Departing Copenhagen on the 5th of November, and returning from the USA on the 12th of November. The cheapest is Basic Economy, which is the same type of ticket that my New York trip was: 2370 DKK. The regular Economy is 3210 DKK, while the most expensive ticket, the Premium Economy is 6769 DKK. Seeing as the cheapest ticket is all the way in the back of the flight, with payment to select seats and no luggage unless you pay, that ticket is ruled out. So the question then is: Do I go semi-expensive or do I just go full on luxury experience ticket? The regular Economy is $528 while the Premium Economy is $1115. Both tickets are within my price range, so I am not sure what to pick, if I am honest..

I have always wanted to travel in style, so maybe I should pick the most expensive one? Or maybe just get the semi-expensive, and then spend the remaining money on a nice pair of shoes? Or some new clothes, perhaps? I could easily find some great shoes for the remaining $587.. Or I could exchange them to dollars, and take them with me? So many options..

July is typically a month for vacation. I didn't take one this year because my field manager took a vacation, two of my designers took vacations, an associate took a vacation and one of the installation managers was out having surgery.

All my staff having vacations put a overload on my workload that I cannot see light at the end of the tunnel.

Yesterday, I was changing the mailing address for my car insurance and the advertisement of the company website had a modern looking vehicle (with LED headlights) that reminded me of the BMW my family owned in the 1960's
Today, I did some research for the BMW to post a photo link on FAE3's blog and I saw that car again. Following the photo linked to an Australian car website and the story about an Swiss company making electric versions that resemble the iconic shape of the BMW Isetta!
I believe the British coined the name 'Bubble Cars'

(the one on the left being the original BMW)




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Long distance relationships have their risks at any level.
I've known lots of people who have traveled domestically a few hundred miles only to be disappointed...
Would 10,000 miles increase your odds of finding love? Of course not.

My suggestion is to be sensible in your decisions and planning. Know what you want to accomplish and make a back up plan in case your first plan gets changed.

It's a good thing if you speak English going to an English speaking country. If not, you could have barriers, especially as many customs officers only know a handful of words in English. Large cities often cater to tourists. Taxi and hotel support often speak English. Make sure you have an idea of the route as some taxi drivers will circle you around the city or take the long way adding minutes to the drive that raises the fare.

Currency... don't exchange money at the airport, they have the highest fees. Do your transactions at a bank.
You may find someone hanging around the front of the bank offering better rates than the bank... consider the money you receive could be counterfeit. I wouldn't consider risking it. I also wouldn't consider doing a financial transaction on the street as you could be robbed or arrested as the police in some countries don't allow private exchange.

Do as much research as you can... be comfortable with laws as many places don't allow photography in public, so that perfect sunset between some statues could get your video equipment confiscated... or worse.

If they drive on the opposite side of the road than your country forget renting a vehicle. Going to Italy? Forget driving there as every driver on the road is a Mario Andretti. Also, if the car in front constantly speeds up and slows down and is totally annoying DON'T PASS HIM. It's a ploy to videotape you and send it to the authorities. They make commission for turning you in. Their gain and your loss.

Afternoon storms rolled in Thursday and Friday... raining so hard the weather service issued flood warnings in parts of South Florida. I was on the phone with customer service for a cabinet company in Canada and asked how their weather was... "Blizzard, said the customer service representative. "We've got you beat!"
So it's Friday night. I left the office without finishing 2 orders I was in the middle of placing. At some point, I need to get that done before Monday because I have 2 kitchens being installed and have to be out of the office to oversee those projects. One of my associates wants to go in on Sunday, so I'll probably open the place for a few hours. We are pushing to get out 5 custom projects before the end of the year.

Summer is gone and the weather is cooler at night. It's 78F (25.55C) breezy and we've got the windows open. I dislike air conditioning, but when it's 93F outside, we have little choice but to run it.
We declined the company cruise earlier this year because they book the trip when it's cold, windy and the seas are rough. We were in the Bahamas and had to abort 2 of the stops as the waves were so high it was too dangerous for the taxi boats to take us to the island.
Every year, we talk about a weekend road trip... somewhere within a 4 hour drive and never seem to go. The elusive night on the beach at Kokomo resort hasn't happened.

In 1988 the Beach Boys released a song called Kokomo about a fictional resort of the Florida Keys. Some research revealed there really was a Kokomo Island in the Bahamas that was renamed and shortly after the fame of the Beach Boys song, it seems like every resort in the Keys wanted to be called Kokomo.

I suppose when the renovation work is done to my house in Miami and we put it up for sale, it will be time for a weekend... and not just talk about it. Actually, I need to book tickets to China to attend the New Year celebration in January 2020. It's coming up quickly... The year of the rat!



During the renovation in Miami a mouse got into the house. The only food left there were some Chinese Noodles and I see the wrapper was torn away and some of the dry noodles were eaten.