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Being accepted as the poor Dutch boy as he was driving a 2nd hand car in Houston, however he enjoyed the annual rodeo event the Nasa Johnson space centre and the theatre district. We talk about the lifestyle in hurricane season, and visiting San Antonio with its canals and The Alomo. Also New Orleans along the Mississippi river and the famous French quarter with the annual Mardi Gras and drinking champagne in a hot air balloon.

Having to complete a course on Bear management if you want to go hiking and coping with daily earthquake tremors while living in Sakhalin Island Russia. Living in prefabricated houses made in Canada to withstand the extreme winters with entrance doors on two levels so there was always access despite the snow piling up outside in -23C. Also how do you part a Russian worker with his Vodka with a no alcohol during working hours regulation?

Due to strikes in Venezuela Piers possessions took three months to arrive so he stayed in a hotel in the centre of London ideal for visiting theatres and museums before settling in Gerrards Cross and working on a project with Russia Enjoying Windsor castle, Bath, Brighton,Stratford upon Avon and Stonehenge and visiting York during the Viking festival as well as taking the Eurostar to Paris before it was time for his next posting in Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Pier talks about the festival of Loy Krathong an offering to the Goddess of Water and his passion for growing Orchids. He tells the story of the construction of the Death railway and the famous silk industry 

If the tree trunks don’t get you the Hippos might! Pier is now in Gabon but no swimming in the sea due to the huge tree trunks below the surface, because the trees were waiting to be collected by the tug boats to be taken to the main port and if you are swimming in the esturies watch out for the Hippos. Also an amazing story of Nobel peace prize Albert Schweitzer for his hospital work.Dr Eiffel who built the Eiffel tower used left over metal to build a church the Saint Anne Mission and we talk about Pier’s love of Orchids

Driving on the river bed of a lake that had shrunk by 90% complete with boats that had sunk and were just left there, the vacant city of Abuja and some floors of the Hilton hotel was built but the forest took over so only a few floors could be used. Finding gin bottles from a slave trade ship, timekeeping and using glass beads from Venice as currency allaboutyoupodcast@yahoo.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4LdtyFjqvaCIzwukQxXfjQ

Pier learns making business decisions is not such an easy process, being a trailblazer by starting up afterwork social activities for the employees and their families which made the working day so much easier and while the house movers were unpacking his items Pier received a phone call to go to Nigeria so the movers stopped unpacking. allaboutyoupodcast@yahoo.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4LdtyFjqvaCIzwukQxXfjQ

Living and working at Shell international in Oman, stories include going to a Bedouin village asking the local elders about employing the local people in the company and they were chosen my using a process using matchsticks.Also Pier's daughter was the first baby to be born in the Shell clinic in Oman. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4LdtyFjqvaCIzwukQxXfjQ allaboutyoupodcast@yahoo.com

In this episode we begin with Pier working in the Merchant Navy as a ships engineer, we cover transporting tea, a very special bar in Malaysia, Christmas at sea and so much more.We then have a further 12 mini episodes covering his travels which will be published over the next 12 days so while you are on holiday or commuting lets travel with Pier. I want to say what an absolute pleasure it was to hear these wonderful stories. Thank you Pier for the opportunity to tell your stories. allaboutyoupodcast@yahoo.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4LdtyFjqvaCIzwukQxXfjQ 

Exploring Venezuela driving over the bridge of Lake Maracaibo which is one of the largerst bridges in the world. Being there for 41/2 years gave Pier ample opportunity to explore this amazing country, including taking a cablecar to the Bolivar Peak at 4978 metres high, however making stops along the way to adjust to the air density. We talk about Colonia Tovar a place that was created by importing almost 400 settlers from Germany and equipment to start a new colony in the German lifestyle which was kept it’s independence until the 1960’s and Pier taking control of the year 2000 project for Shell Venezuela and then due to a general strike Shell employees were evacuated but Pier stayed to defend the castle until his next posting to London