Welcome to My Website!
Hello, Welcome to my website. It has been a while since I have updated it so it is time for a new look. It was in November of 2003, that I came to the Philippines to retire. Drawn here by my experiences while I started and worked at AOL Member services Philippines, I felt it would be a perfect place for me to retire. I had always enjoy my weekends at Subic Bay and loved the scuba diving and relaxed atmosphere. While living here and working at AOL I had researched the wrecks in the bay and had complied the history of most of them. I found a publisher who like my content but felt that the scope was too narrow. Using my original book as a starting point, I created my first book the 'Subic Bay Travel and Dive Guide'. The research for my book suggested to me that the need for a local tour operator and inbound travel agency exists. That lead to the start of Seahorse Tours and Souvenirs. As the company developed I became more involved with the local tourism organizations and became a member of the board of directors of the Greater Subic Bay Tourism Bureau. In early 2010, in an effort to reduce the amount of work I was doing, I resigned from the board. They asked me however to stay involved and to accept a position on the Bureau's Board of Advisors. I also reduced my involvement and ownership with the Arizona International hotel. I still own a small percentage and sit on the board of directors.
The Subic bay area is a great place to retire, as I wrote in my latest book. I have always loved to travel and here it is very easy to do so. Airfares can be very low if you look for the specials. I recently flew to Thailand for $90 round-trip, another trip to Singapore was $95. Early 2010 saw my first trip to Vietnam, combined with a stay in Singapore the airfare was about $150. I stayed in a nice hotel in Saigon for $8 a night.
