Silvia

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My new bahamian home...

September the 1st, Jantiene and I moved into our new villa at the Caprice residential area.
Definately, working from here is going to be much different...nicer, relaxing...this view is inspiring...

We will be staying in here until the end of the project, concretely one more month.
Our plans for the upcoming weeks are vising the 'Anchor Projects' name given by the bahamians to the major developments in the family islands... Exuma, Andros, Eleuthera, Mayaguana...
Those islands are amazing and we are looking foward to visit all of them...although there are 700 islands and we have only been in 3 for the moment!

With wireless connection all around the house, this is going to be our office from now on:

One month in Nassau

One of the best things to do in The Bahamas is to go and discover the other islands.
There are 700 islands but only 30 of them are inhabited and apparentely they are all amazing.
Since we arrived in Nassau a month ago we had the chance to go and visit some of them with some of our local friends.

This is a trip to Rose Island 2 week ends ago.

And these are Jantiene, from the Netherlands and Mallory from Texas.

We also were invited to participate in the new musical video of Shakira as extras.

Next stop: The Bahamas

In a few days I will be leaving to The Commonwealth of The Bahamas to produce an economic report for the NY Daily News exclusively on The Bahamas.

The Bahamas gets its name from the Spanish, baja mar, meaning shallow sea. Throughout the 700-plus islands where many are either uninhated or sparsely populated like its capital Nassau.

AMSTERDAM, AMSTERDAM

What can I say…I we went to Amsterdam with some of my colleagues for only 24 hours… we took a train from Overpelt, arrived in Amsterdam and did some of the tourist stuff.
That night, we had the change to see Dj Shasha and Sanders Keinenberg in a club called Panama, it was awesome, We end up meeting a really cool group of locals that invited us to join them in an after party in the middle of the forest, more concretely, inside a Church in the middle of a field where another fantastic DJ was playing on the stage… As my friend Ryan said: it was an experience to remember…

En Overpelt preparing The Bahamas project

Back in Overpelt, I find myself with no team...Amy, my Abu Dhabi partner decided to stay in love in the States and again, here I am, facing a new challenge which scared me and makes me grow at the same time.
One day later, I knew my next destination which is not bad at all: The Bahamas and begin to prepared all by my own immediately.
I have to admit that the week went pretty fast thanks to my colleagues with I hang out with everynigh since I got back.

London

I also spent some days in London visiting my cousin and my non married sister.
Weather was awesome and nice chit chats with both of them too.

Thai holidays

After working for almost 5 months in Abu Dhabi, I decided to take some days off and though to my self: where is a place where I can chill out, have fun and share some time with a friend? It was not too difficult b/c I have been dreaming about visiting Chaco in Thailand for months... so, I arrived in Bangkok at 7am (que pugnetera es tu amiga eh Chaco? And spent some days in the crazy, contaminated and chaotic city of Bangkok, although I like it a lot it’s a city not for everybody.

Cris and I had an amazing time together and more important I could get to see her stressful life as she is working in the Chamber of Commerce of Spain in Thailand. Indeed, all the Spaniards are paying for them to have a year of holidays when they don’t work more than 8 hours a day (if they go to the office claro!)
Tempos, massage, trips on the canals, good food and nice talks with Chacos friends and one or two world cup’s games at 2 am and its better not to make lot of emphasis on it..

After Bangkok, we decided to take a 4 days week end now that Chaco was too stress out after our king visit in March…and went to Koh Tao.

KOH TAO

Koh Tao is a paradisiacal island with some of the most beautiful diving spots I will hardly ever see again. One of those was called: Japanese Gardens, which tells you the perfect shape that the corals have down to 18 meters.
It is an island where some tourist arrive there with they intention to leave after a week and they end up remaining one year at least…Chaco and I have our plans to become hippies of Koh Tao after next January hehehehe. Now that I have the Padi and Chaco the advance, we will continue our career in this field till become instructors like the Kiwi Paul.

Living at Emirates Palace like a Princess

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It's almost mid June in the UAE, and of course, you expect high temperatures, especially in July and August...
However, if you leave the car at mid day under the sun for more than 2 min, it reaches this temperature...

...the consequences are: you can't sit, you can't touch the wheel and even breath!buuuffffff
Amy and I say to ourselves: Its an experience!!!
In two weeks, we are out of the country...It will be nice to have some fresh air!

Empowering the Nation

Shuweihat

Water and Power Plant

Shuweihat is the biggest Independent Power and Desalination Plant in all the Middle East.
Amy and I had the pleasure to go and have a look at it... 2hrs tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ole ole ole!

Therefore, if you ever have any question about the desalination process of the water...here are the experts!!

Bab Al Shams

My friends, when my dreams come true...it looks like pretty much like this...

Bab Al Shams... it is a Spa&Resort in the Middle of the Desert. It's around 37km away from Dubai and it appears as an Oasis where only peace and a relaxful athmosphere are allowed between its doors.