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18.12.2003

Wow it's been over a month since my last message!?! Well I've been busy. Biggest thing, MY house is almost finished! They raised it today - 9 feet in the air!
And I'm just back from a great trip to Mexico. Dropped my parents at the airport - we had some really joyfull days in Playa del Carmen together with my princess - yepp I'm happy again :o)

Santa Claus is coming soon, and they told me he also will arive over here, although I can't really imagine - just doesn't fit with sandy beaches and palm trees. but I'll get used to it! no prob!
And I'm getting older...... hey the party will be right here on the 23rd! like always *gg*
Do it like Jan and come over here!
So Merry Christmas to all of you!

15.11.2003

A new section just opened on this page! yes I've got a guestbook now, so feel free........

Greetings to the Berliners! How is it going back home?

09.11.2003

by the way, I'm online in MSN Messenger (look for olibert@gmx.net) and ICQ (#221528416).
read ya!

08.11.2003

oh it's getting wet, just about right for everybody crawling into the celebration tent for the election of Miss Garifuna of Belize. It's a big weekend for Hopkins, lot of visitors.

Hey you know what?!? This page is gonna be uploaded through a wooden wall, about 400m of Hopkins air through another wall through a couple of devices and finally into space!!! the beach-W-LAN is up!

Greetings from MoGreens! Let him tell ya - windsurfing is fun!
check this out!

25.10.2003

Upps somebody must have gotten offended by my last words - next thing I knew I had a friggin' satelite dish hangin' right in front of my door!!!! I don't know how, I don't know why, sometimes things just happen yibbiiiieee
No, of course it was not a miracle, guess I just got lucky to call the right guy at the right time.
So I'm back online, waiting almost in vain for the parts I need to put up a LAN and a webcam.

Next thing: I just negotiated with JungleJeanie that I'm gonna put a small house on her premises, which will be my home for at least the next year. Still looking for my own piece of land though, not givin' up!

alright folks that's it for now.
so long...

19.10.2003

After all I'm back in the game! Not that I was out but things're keeping me busy.
A while ago I went to Mexiko (Playa del Carmen) to drop off my friends from Cologne - thanks for your visit guys (and girls :-), we sure had a great time!
With the same ride back came part of my family to continue working on an HIV-prevention project (www.hiv-belize.de).
I also very much enjoyed the company of Henni & Doreen from Berlin, it was good to see you again!

Now comes some improvement for the business:
I went to the airport and picked up 3 brand new beginners equipments - 290er Hifly Motion, 220liters. Nice boards!
Special thanks to my Dad and my brother! They arranged the shipping and everything.

I'm still working on getting a satelite dish for internet. Like always it is a matter of time. Nothing will be done tomorrow! Next week maybe, next month possibly.... (excuse me being sarcastic :o) You betta belize it!
So I guess you still have to wait for some live-pix from Hopkins. By the way, where do you want me to install the webcam? ;o)
read ya later!

15.09.2003

Now this was a trip!
Went to Caracol, a Mayan ruin site in the middle of the jungle. App. 1% is excavated yet, it is supposed to be one of the biggest sites in Central America, 150.000 people used to live there thousands of years ago.
We spent the night in hammocks beneath a thatched roof, saying good-night to Howler Monkeys, toucans, parrots and more.
Back to civilization we took a boat to Caye Caulker, a small island at the barrier reef - very relaxed and laid-back.
So, back in Hopkins my friends enjoy their last days in Belize (which is not very hard, as they can tell ;o)

and more pix:

05.09.2003

waahooooo that was a good day, snorkeling at the reef, enjoying a paradise island. Manatees, dolphins, all kinds of fishes and corals...
The day was completed by a great lobster dinner caught the same day, homemade on a camp fire at the beach.
Greetings to all of you also from Miri, Radka & Falk!

here some pix

27.08.2003

Hello folks!
Did some uploading again - a slight new design and also thanks to Sharon from Sittee-Internet (Sittee River Village) for some nice pictures.

It is very calm these days - not much to surf fast, but good for learning!
Although everybody is watching some tropical waves passing the Carribean with potential to become tropical depressions or even storms - yepp it's hurricane season!
Lets hope they don't choose the way through here this year! (and the next and the next and the.....)

I'm working on a link page, so let me know if you are interested to have your link on there.

so long........

23.08.2003

ok I fixed some bugs which were probably responsible for that some of you couldn't see everything of the site, if you don't have the latest version of your browser. I don't say I fixed all of it - there's still much to do, but I work on it :o)
Anyway no news from here - except another encounter with a manatee - that one really gave me a big spleash with its tail and almost got me off the board!!!

16.08.2003

updated again.... everytime a littlebit and I'm getting there!
Thanks for your comments, critics and tips!
For my friend Patrick: no - I haven't seen any sharks around so far :o) although I once almost ran over a manatee!
And that one day when I came back from surfing somebody told me "hey there was a dolphin swimming behind you!".
He was a local so I trust him that he knew what he was talking about and it really was a dolphin (since I suppose one could only see THE FIN!)
Cheers

12.08.2003

So finally I made it to put up this page! Although not everything works yet.
Took me a long time to find out the password - yepp my brain is already going with the wind......

You see I have some serious plans about that business. Unfortunatly people keep throwing big rocks into my way. But I guess everybody would do it if it would be easy.

So the first rock is finding a spot of my own. It's very hard these days since many people have the same idea.
That puts me into the situation I'm in right now - working together with somebody named Jungle Jeanie - a nice Lady from Canada, who also is very much into that windsurfing thing.
That will be my near future: working together - may be in a partnership - with her. I'm happy to be working together with the only competition in town and I think she is happy that somebody around her cares for windsurfing and takes charge of that.
At the moment I'm staying at the Jungle Jeanie's Resort, taking care of it and enjoying it very much.
Jean and her husband John will be coming back somewhen next month and then we'll talk about everything. Until then I just do my thing - having a very good time :o).
Oh I could do that forever if it wouldn't be for the money! I really have to start some business soon.
That's where we come to the next big rock in my way.
The first two or three weeks I started renting out the room I have next to mine. I did that until I heard people talking: "What is this guy doing there? Does he have a license??"
That was the point when I decided to stop doing illegal business and apply for a working permission. Until today I'm waiting for reply from the officials. (it's been almost 7 weeks ago!)

Anyway sometimes I meet people who are interested in learning how to windsurf or just want to rent a board. I would be dumb to say no, so I do it in private and for a very reasonable price, lets call it a "friends donation".

As you see it is not as easy as it seems. Especially after someone broke into my cabana and took away several things I really enjoyed, it was hard to keep track. But I decided to not let me get down too easy...

After all I definately don't regret having found my way over here. I think I made the right decision for my life, I just have to work it out now!

To the windsurfing itself:
I got one board and six sails of my own down here in Belize, 3 more boards of Jeanies I can use to rent out and give lessons.
The serious thing will start as soon as I have the whole stuff shipped over here I still have in Germany (about 23 equipments plus spare parts) Until then I have to get along with what I got here, and without a working permit I can't really rock'n'roll anyways. My family is working on a way to get that stuff over here as soon as possible.

I'm very happy and proud for having a great family and dear friends in Germany who support me in any way they can.

I'm also looking forward to be chosen as travel destination by some very close friends pretty soon. We'll have lots of fun!!!

Ok that's it for now. I (try to :o) keep this page updated every once in a while. Also check the gallery for the latest visions I have to share with you....
Comments are very welcome!
cu
Oliver