Feb 10/09: Oswald Haase a.k.a. Oz - a retired German physics professor originally from Berlin - no fixed address - stayes with friends on a farm in Pennsylvania, with a former student in his apt on 5th ave NY, with friends in Hamburg, and in Hawaii - instead of spending money on a home he prefers to bounce around the globe - taught for some years in China and created a physics dept at a small university in New Jersey - a fascinating gentleman.
Terry and Diana - a retired couple from Courtenay, BC, pretty much neighbors of mine - a mining engineer orignially from England, moved to Nicaragua many years ago for his work - lived there for many years, then moved to Stuart, BC, close the the Alaskan panhandle - retired to Courtenay - avid hikers and sea canoe paddlers - have hiked and paddled extensively around Vancouver Is and environs - she´s a retired nurse - they spend several months every winter in Mexico
Gord - lives between Vancouver and Regina- is an information systems specialist specializing in coaching techniques for tennis coaches among other rather arcane vocational niches; for instance, hired to edit Turkey´s written application for admission to the EU - playes modern classical piano and, of course, tennis - also a kayaker.
Chris - lives in Denver, on the rare occasions he alights - don´t know a lot about him but a lovely man to talk with - shared two delightful evenings on the rooftop drinking wine and pursuing a multitude of conversational tangents from astronomy to wine to mesoamerican history and cultures.
Susan - from Ohio - a down-home mom type whose husband and grown children don´t like to travel so she goes alone - lovely, sweet woman - Learned that she was previously married to a man who was confined to a wheelchair and perished when their house burned down - teaches English to children of Mexican families.
Lyle - bartender from Indiana who saved up and has been travelling for a year and a half - robbed of his backpack in Peru with all of his belongings, photos, journals - then robbed at gunpoint in Batopilas in the Copper Canyon - and still he perseveres (inspiration for me).
Tina- from Seattle (Issaquah) - retired teacher
Alen Macrae and Sandra Wright- a couple from Taos, NM - he´s a contractor with no buildings to build due to the economic downturn - they´re relocating to GTO, moving into their apt today, in fact - he writes; published a book about adobe architecture, ¨Mud, Space and Spirit¨.
Julie - from Bremen, Germany - teaches English there - in GTO to learn Spanish -
Mike - a semi-retired lawyer from Maine
Rebecca - a Social Worker from Toronto with a lovely and often used smile
Julie - from Bremen, Germany where she teaches English - here to learn Spanish and travel around
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