A weekend in Cape Town...

So apparently I missed this blog! Sorry! Spent a great weekend with great friends in one of my favorite places - Cape Town, South Africa. We spent some time enjoying the beautiful setting of the VA Waterfront where the restaurants and shops are right on the water with a beautiful view of Table Mountain and the ocean. Then Saturday we hiked to the top of Table Mountain! So fun. Second time for me and I enjoyed even more this time. Then Sunday we ended the great weekend at the famous wineries of Cape Town. But we chose to bike them! Might not have been the best decision but it was a blast. Especially enjoyed all our wine tastings between bike rides. Thanks to Lena for traveling all the way from USA and Brian and Mary from Singapore to share the fun weekend with me. I always love Africa and really enjoyed sharing it with my friends. Their first time to Africa.  Can't wait for the next journey!

Here some pictures from our weekend!

Cape Town waterfront - Castle Lite

On the Ferris Wheel

Me, Lena, Mary, and Brian with the Table Mountain behind. Perfect day!

Lunch at the Waterfront

Hiking Table Mountain

At the top!

Lena and I at the top

The wineries

Biking and wine tasting - trouble!

Lena on the wine tour

The crew at a winery stop - having a blast!

View of Cape Town - can't wait to go back! 

Weekend in Manilla celebrating Brian's Birthday...

Had a great weekend in Manilla with great peeps to celebrate Brian's birthday! We really just hung out, played cards, enjoyed Filipino BBQ, and danced to the famous Filipino cover bands...So fun! Here are some pictures from the good times!

The crew!

Brian getting more birthday cake!

Ohh the favorite San Mig Light

Manilla at night..

Region 1 OF Team

Had a great week this last week with the Region 1 OF team here in Singapore! Had good meetings and discussion and also spent some fun time together including visiting the Cable Car. Here are some pictures!

Team Dinner

On the cable car

The team at the office 

View from the cable car

A week in South Africa for work...

Had a great week in South Africa! Had an opportunity to visit some of our dealers and customers in the beautiful country. Several of us from all over the Deere company representing Germany, USA, Singapore, China traveled through the country. Always great to meet our dealers as well as a highlight to meet our customers! Some great farmers in South Africa that are loyal to John Deere.
Here are some pictures from harvest season!



The African OF team! Dale joined us from the USA for his first visit.



At one of our dealers



John Deere during harvest



Combine during harvest



Learning about till vs no till




Sunset in South Africa over a farm



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Celebrating Mary's birthday Indonesian style

Had a great day and night in Bintan celebrating Mary's 30th birthday! So fun! A group of 9 of us traveled to Bintan, Indonesia on the ferry and spent the day at the pool and beach enjoying the beautiful weather and good peeps! We got some beach volleyball in and of course some dancing to the cover band! Lots of fun with the group! Happy Birthday Mary! Here are some pictures



On the ferry



Mary and Brian




Always travel with the John Deere koozies









Mary and I in the pool- always bring the rafts!




The view was amazing!



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A night at the ballpark...

While in San Francisco for work this week, I took the opportunity to join some peeps to watch the Gaints play. Great American night! Nice stadium! Good food! Great weather! All around fun evening! Some pictures



Enjoying the game



Trolley









View of behind the stadium






Our brats!



Enjoying our brats!


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A weekend visiting Cindy...

After I left India for work, I traveled to Dubai to see Cindy and her new place! So fun! She had a great apartment in the marina area. It was so fun to catchup and hear about her new life in Dubai! We spent the afternoon with friends enjoying the beautiful beach and sunset. Then Saturday we went to Oman! We took a tour over to the country for a day boat trip to snorkel and see the dolphins swimming. Oman is an interesting country - nothing but mountainous rocks! But the sea is amazing with beautiful water and great fish. You can see the fish from the boat but snorkeling is even better. We had a great time swimming and enjoying the water. Here are some pictures! Can't wait to visit Cindy again!



Cindy's view



Cindy and I - roomies!









Camels, beach, beer!


Sunset is amazing in Dubai


Oman



Oman


Snorkel





Dolphins



Dubai

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