departureandarrival

And I thought I was living in the sunshine.
Easy to drive when the weather is like this

Good things happen when you train and not party..
At least my shoulders and arms are getting the right size now.. 47 cm around biceps today..
3 more weeks then a diet..

Now it is 30 hours since we left Miami on our way to Bermuda.. So right now we are in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle where so many ships and plans have disapeard.

So if you don't here from me again.. You all know why :)

Today we came to Miami and it was so nice to get back to my apartment..... The bad thing was that I had to leave so soon. But 2 more days and then I will fly home from Bermuda.....

Had a nice lunch at Ocean drive with my friend.....

Now gym time....

View from my balcony....

I think I have change my mind if you would have asked me one year ago I would have said that the best thing with this boat was the parties. Now it is the gym.

I love this little crew gym here. And I try to go every day... or at least 6 days a week..

And the thing is you feel so much better in the morning when you been to the gym instead of a party..
Here are some pictures from yesterday..

So yesterday I gave my guys a day off as it was the last island we are in the Carabeean before the ship sails over the Atlantic to the Mediterainian..

It was a fun day with lots of sun and beer.... But maybe next time I will use sun screen so I don't have to look like a lobster as I do today :)



The ship is a long way down...



Rafal, Christian and Ed

HAha

I have to write this in Swedish

OM DU TÄNKER DRICKA ALKOHOL, I HELGEN:
LÄS DETTA!


Första stadiet ? SMART

Fyllans första stadium utmärker sig genom att du plötsligt har blivit en expert på
Allt som finns i detta universum. Du vet att du vet allting och du vill förmedla all
Din kunskap till vem som helst som kan tänkas
Lyssna. I detta stadium har du alltid rätt, varpå personen som lyssnar alltid har fel.
Detta borgar för en väldigt intressant konversation när båda parter befinner sig i
Första stadiet av fyllan.


Andra stadiet ? SNYGG

Andra stadiet börjar med att du inser att du är den snyggaste personen i hela baren
och alla andra tycker om dig. Du kan gå fram till vilken främling som helst ty de
älskar dig och vill gärna prata med dig. Kom håg att du fortfarande är smart och
kan diskutera vilket ämne som helst med lätthet.


Tredje stadiet ? RIK

Plötsligt så har du blivit den rikaste personen i hela världen. Du kan bjuda samtliga barbesökare på drinkar och öl för du har en pansarbil full med pengar som är
parkerad bakom baren. Du kan också slå vad i detta stadiet, och eftersom du
fortfarande är väldigt smart så kommer du vinna alla vad också. Det spelar ingen
roll hur mycket du satsar för du har ju så mycket pengar.


Fjärde stadiet ? ODÖDLIG

Du är nu redo att mucka gräl med någon och alla, speciellt de som du har diskuterat
med eller slagit vad med. Orsaken till att mucka gräl så bekymmerslöst är att du är
odödlig, inget kan skada dig. I det
Här stadiet kan du också gå fram till de äkta män vars fruar du vet älskar dig
(eftersom du är så snygg, rik och smart), och utmana dem i en omgång
boxning. Du är inte ett dugg rädd för att förlora, ty du fortfarande är smart, rik och
du är betydligt mycket snyggare än dem på alla sätt å vis.

I just talked to my friend, he got a letter a couple of weeks ago where he was enlisted again and he have to go back to training to go to another tour over seas. This time he will go to Afganistan.

One week vaccation before he will be sent over and I am not in MIami,, Damn. Maybe I should swim to be with my friend before he goes..

Stay safe Major Davis and kick some Taliban as :)

Today we were on one of my 2 favourit islands in the Carabeean. Aruba.. The other one is St Maarten where we will be in 2 days. Only difference is the beer is cheaper in St Maarten so that is a plus..

We were very busy with work today, but at least I had time for one Corona on the beach....

Time to sleep now..

So today we will leave the pacific ocean and head into the Atlantic ocean thru the Panama canal. This is the 32 time I sail thru here.....

The canal was ready in 1014 and almost  1 000 000 ships has saild thru it since then. The canal is about 80 km long.
The ship that can pass thru here is called Panamax and can be 294,13  meters long and 32,31 meters wide and have a draft of 12,04  meters to be able to pass. Are you bigger you have to go around Cape Horn.

In 1928 a man named Richard Halliburton paid 36 cent in tolls to swim thru the canal. It took him ten days to complete his journey.



These little trains are connected on each side on the ships bow and stern to pull the boat and brake the boat as it is going thru the locks.

So today we are at sea on our way to the Panama canal. More of that tomorrow.. Today was a hard day we had to move 2,4 tons of our material from on place to another. But everything worked out fine and we made it in time...

I just got back from the gym,, today was triceps day and then some cardio....

The good thing is when I leave my cabin in the morning it looks like this...


And when I come back at night it looks like this.. I LIKE !!!!!

So now I am in New York.. Half way.... Sleep all the way almost from Copenhagen so the flight went fast..
Hmm I wonder how many hours I spent on an airplane since I started working like this...
As I am flying 200 - 250 000 miles every year for the last 10 years... To many I quess..

That was it... I am leaving sweden again to go to Costa Rica... So tomorrow I have 18 hours to spend in a airplane seat...
Funny..............

Gothenburg - Copenhagen
Copenhagen - New York
New York - San Juan

So back in Sweden again.. Nice to be here but I only wish I brought a jacket it is so cold here I am freezing mmy as off...

On the plan from San Fransisco to Frankfurt a funny thing happend. I was going to the toilet and when I walk in I see the toilett is full of Graffitti, I was wondering what this is, and when I walked out I saw the same in the other 3 toilets.

When I am walking back to my place I see the guy behind me with a big marker painting his TV and his tray table. This guy had smuggeld a bottle of rum in to the plan and was piss drunk and decided to paint the toilets..

BAD MOVE...

When we landed in Frankfurt noone could get out before the police got on the plane and took him..... Nice to walk up hangover and with a fine on 100 000 $ in your hand.

San Fransisco today, and a nice sail in under the Golden Gate bridge..
Today I will fly to Sweden for a couple of days so I have to pack my bag...





Alcatras............

Someone asked me what my work is.

I am a Senior Project Manager for a company that makes repairs and maintenence on cruise ships, cargo vessels and oil rigs all over the world.

So what I do is basicly that when a ship or something breaks down somewhere I fly there see what the problem is, what they need to repair it, how much it will cost etc. Then if they like my idea, I fly my workers out and they do the job either when the ship is in a Dry Dock or when the ship is sailing.

I travel around 250 days a year all over the world and have been to over 80 countries. I have millions of frquent flyer miles and think I am living at airport lounges sometimes. But I love my work and it has taken me to places I would never go if I did not work here.

Before the company was based in Norway but now our Head  office is in Miami thats why I moved there.....

Hope this is to some help...

It all started 104 days ago in Los Angeles and in a couple of days it will come to an end. Another world cruise. Will be nice to fly home for some vaccation.

But only for 7 days then I have to go to Costa Rica, tell you more later.