The most common thing I am asked online is "are you Navy ?" Well no I´m not. The only naval connection is that my brother-in-law is an ex-submariner. However, I can swim ;-)

When I first had to choose a nick when I went online in `95 this was the one that sprang to mind - and stuck.

I´ve searched high and low for a graphic of Squiddley Diddley, but to no avail. I´d be very grateful if any visitors come across one. Please let me know.

Squiddley and Mrs. Squiddley live and work in Hong Kong, which reverted to Chinese sovereignty on 1st July 1997 after over 150 years of British colonial administration.

Mrs. Squiddley is HK Chinese, which is apparently different to "Chinese" ;-) We met where we both work, the airport here, and have been very happily married for over two years now. The wedding was very much an "East meets West" affair, where we tried to honour both traditions. See the wedding page(s) for more details and plenty of pictures.

Both Mrs. Squiddley and I work at the airport, and made the transition along with the other umpteen thousand support staff from Kai Tak to the new airport site at Chek Lap Kok (CLK).

The old airport, Kai Tak was/is situated on the Kowloon peninsula. Its unique location made for one of the most notorious and demanding landings in the world. Although only having one runway, Kai Tak was in the top 10 of the busiest airports worldwide.

The picture above shows the runway of Kai Tak sticking out into the sea, and is a time-lapse shot. For those interested, there will be links to sites with some more hairy shots and if space permits, I´ll try and dig some up to show here.

The new airport at CLK is vastly different to the old, in terms of size, location, facilities and more. (See below)

Click on the photo to go the home of the Hong Kong Airport Authority, which has more pictures and facts `n´ figures for those interested. See the page(s) "Where we work" for more on HK airport and aviation in general.