I like to describe myself as “a world traveler with a deep love for photography and writing.” Born in Portugal, I grew up in Mozambique, where I lived until 1974. In 1979, I moved to the US where I completed my college education (BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from URI and an MBA degree from Georgetown). In 2000, after a career in the energy business, I decided that I would spend the rest of my life doing what I love to do: traveling, and preferably by “alternative modes of transport.”