After doing my duty serving in the Dutch Army, i had the pleasure to spent 2 years in Surinam (South America),being exposed to poverty, and spending 8 months in the Amazon Jungle making maps and meeting the jungle residents which included established Creoles, orriginating from escaped slaves some 300 years ago, in addition to meeting those very nice people, there were Monkey's Baboon, Snakes, Pyrana's, Muskeeto's, quite an experience. After South America i had the pleasure to be able to travel through Switserland France and spain for 4 months,finally eded up In Canada, the land of opportunity, now i am experimenting with websites and currency trading (with forex) My background is mechanical engineering, was involved in the design of ligs fixtures, gauges, heavy equipment such as 32 wheel transporters, 40 to 60 ton lift trucks and more. Life is good, and i am hoping to meet lots of people with common interests.