Category Archives: Travel

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Touring the Tourist Island of Ko Samui 

Posted on March 6, 2017 by David Cross

Despite all the arrival of additional Thai Navy warships, we decided to go ashore.  I hope they let us leave later today…  The tender takes a while since it is a very shallow port area.  We found a good bus … Continue reading →

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Landed at Ko Samui (Thailand) 

Posted on March 6, 2017 by David Cross

We got in our spy gear since it was such nice weather on the seas… but I think we were spotted by the central intelligence agency. They suspected I was James Bond for some reason and a Thai Navy warship … Continue reading →

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Walking Around the Singapore Harbor

Posted on March 4, 2017 by David Cross

It was a little rainy morning, but we decided to walk around the harbor and check out some of the local attractions. The only difference from Seattle is people use umbrellas here in Singapore…and it is much warmer! The foggy … Continue reading →

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Starting a vacation in Singapore 

Posted on March 3, 2017 by David Cross

What a wonderful morning workout with this business focused Asian city with a cool breeze and birds chirping away 🤡 Update: here are some of the other things we saw and visited: Bird Sanctuary Zoo We went running in the … Continue reading →

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Exploring Hebron Israel

Posted on February 3, 2017 by David Cross

Sometimes it is great travelling (on business) to another country that operates in another time zone and a different work week schedule to take a little time off and explore some new sites, sounds, food and experiences! This week, I … Continue reading →

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Running Las Vegas – Head for the Mountains!

Posted on December 30, 2016 by David Cross

Yes, you need to head to the mountings because of all the zombies swarming the city… But, unless you get up REALLY early, running along the strip is hard because of all the traffics and lights. So we found a … Continue reading →

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A Day off in Zurich

Posted on December 18, 2016 by David Cross

After a day of hiking, I decided to be traditional and explore a little more of Zurich even though I had visited here a few years ago… I decided to go check out the discount shopping district that was not … Continue reading →

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Hiking in Switzerland

Posted on December 18, 2016 by David Cross

I had a free afternoon to explore and walk around Zurich which I captured in this blog posting. What else do you do when you have a full free weekend day when you need to spend extra time in order … Continue reading →

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Running in Zurich in Winter

Posted on December 18, 2016 by David Cross

This week, I was on a business trip, so in order to enjoy all the local food while eating out, I needed to make sure to sneak in some running. Despite the very cold weather in December, there are great … Continue reading →

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Husavik Iceland

Posted on August 16, 2016 by David Cross

There is actually sunset in Iceland…and it actually gets dark around midnight. What did we get to see coming into the harbor tonight around 11 PM?  Some humpback whales decided they wanted to go with us to the night club … Continue reading →

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