Scrooge, The Lady In Soot & A Child In A Boarding House.
I was born in a hospital in the centre of Manchester. But for me life begins in the boarding house where I lived with my Mum and Dad, and...
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Reward for months at sea: A Red Jaguar
Working months at sea on the English Bridge, an oil tanker and never setting foot ashore, I saved a lot of money. So when I left the ship...
Solo Expedition Part IV: Attack Of The Bullet Ants!
Out of the hole came the meanest, nastiest-looking creatures that I have ever seen and they had my death written all over them.
Solo Expedition Part III: The Balsa Wood Raft.
At the point where we began our descent from the Andes into the rainforests of the Peruvian Amazon, a westerner boarded the truck. "Hola...
Solo Expedition Part II: Over the Andes into the Amazon
I knew where I was going could be dangerous. There would be no law and order. I would get a first-hand look at the rainforests and see what
Solo Expedition Part I: A Dangerous Dream
I'm going over the Andes to the Amazon River to build a Balsa Wood Raft and float down the river through the rainforests...
Three new Family Enterprises join the Austral Garden Route.
The Austral Garden Route has recently expanded two hundred kilometers to the north thanks to the participation of Eric Mayorga and...
The Vintage Car Collection
The elegant garages at Mrs. McDougald's 'Green Meadows' home were full of priceless cars the likes of which I had never seen before. The...
In Tahiti, waiting for the Peace Boat to take me to Japan- En Tahití, esperando el 'Barco de la Paz'
In 2005 I was invited to be a guest speaker on board the Peace Boat, a Japanese cruise ship that takes a thousand passengers on a round...
From a Chef on Yachts to a Private Chauffeur, A Wonderful Lady & A Vintage Car Collection.
I left the sea-going life and my last yacht in Miami, Florida in 1979 to become a chef/chauffeur for a wealthy Canadian lady who turned...
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