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Eons member since

April 10, 2007

Age, Gender

58, Male

Location

Saint Petersburg, FL

Relationship

Single. Interested in meeting women for friendship

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennslyvania

Places I've been

Parris Island, South Carolina - USMC Mexico Japan Thailand Iceland Greenland Tahiti - Bora Bora Brazil - Peru - Ecuador - Chile Tanzania Kenya Canada England Netherland France Belgium Laos Vietnam China Cambodia Singapore Tibet -( is NOT part of China ) Philippines Indonesia - Java & Bali India - Bangladesh Too many more to think about

More about me

Past Major Adventures and life mission:

Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Attempted to climb Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Treked to Mount Everest Base Camp, Tibet

Thousands of Scuba dives - some with 35 foot Whale sharks and giant Manta Rays.

Taught Geography and Astronomy at University for ten years - loved the students - hated the administrators. Now semi-retired. Wrote five university textbooks.  Have taught geography courses in Tahiti, Iceland, Greenland, Thailand.

Lived in Phuket, Thailand a year before the tsunami - survived it and spent two years after volunteering with social and environmental organizations.  Have devoted almost four years to volunteer activities in South East Asia. Currently teach English at the Tsunami Childrens home for World Vision International in Phuket, Thailand

Spent six months volunteering in Karen / Burmese refugee camps on Thailand - Burma border. 

Founded Coral Reef Institute Inc. - a ocean and coral reef environmental organization working to preserve the ocean ecosystem off the coast of Thailand and Burma (Myanmar) - Andaman Sea region.  We are responsible for dozens of environmental projects before and after the tsunami and have trained Thai environmental divers at no cost to help in the protection of their countrys natural oceanic resources.       www.coralreefinstitute.org

Traveled to Burma over a dozen time.

Wreck diving on over 37 shipwrecks.

Ship Captain - USCG licensed - 1983 to 2000

 I am peaceful person - believe in good Karma - generosity - healthy foods - no alcohol - quiet times for personal meditation - enjoy the beauty of nature everyday - honouring my commitments - helping others - Judging people from what is in their heart and not their external being or looks - and watching every sunset possible.

Do not believe in - harmful actions of thought or speech - wasteful consumption - greed - killing - environmental destruction - or mind-controlling organized religions. 

My wishful hopes for the future of mankind:                  May all beings have happiness and the cause of happiness. May all beings be free from suffering and its causes.       May all beings never be seperated from freedom's true joy. May all beings dwell in equanimity, free from attachment and aversion.

 I see life as an opportunity to grow intellectually and mentally - a chance to find the best of ones self and develop yourself into the person that you want to become. 

Currently in Saint Petersburg, Fl for a few months.     Spring 2007

 

Activities

scuba, mountain-climbing, sailing, environmental volunteering, travel,

Favorite Charities

World Vision International, Inc., IRC - International Rescue Commitee, not the American Red Cross as they still have 300 million dollars in their tsunami fund that they have not released yet.

Favorite Music

Peaceful, serene, meditative

Favorite People

JFK inspired me as a young man

Favorite Places

Angkor Wat, Macchu Pichu, Tahiti, Tibet, Iceland, Africa, Asia, Thailand

Favorite Animals

orangutans, dogs, cats, I like them all

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