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I never got to see exactly how the bridging crews set this lake bridging. I never fell off but one or two others did and there was at least one account of the individual submerging vertically!

Daily Photo – Lake Bridging

I never got to see the bridging crews installing this lake bridging so I’ve no clue how they did it. I know in places the water was over six feet deep so they didn’t wade through it. Usually the foot boards were above the water but the level of the water depended upon the rains, both local and distant. When the foot boards were under the water you always had to take a touch more care in crossing. I never […]

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Snorkeling off Koh Phi Phi Ley, Thailand

Daily Photo – Snorkeling

Back in the late 80’s when I made this trip, I couldn’t swim. It would be another couple of months before I learned – spurred on in part by not being able to go snorkeling or diving in these waters. It seemed everyone was having so much fun! As a toddler, I almost drowned and had to be rescued by me father. If it hadn’t been for my brother who was three at the time who ran off to tell my father that I’d fallen into the water tank, I’d probably have drowned.

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