July 18, 2006

• Viva Las Vegas!!
  
  I have been in Las Vegas since Sunday night attending HostingCon which is the big convention in my industry.  The sessions have been informative.  I have made some great contacts that should lead to substantial business in the near future.
  
  On the retirement community front, I booked my travel plans for the trip to Honduras today.  This is one step further than being “scheduled” to go.  There is skin in the game now.
  
  I got an email today on a group list I subscribe to that relates to Honduras stuff.  There is a lady that was asking if anyone knew anything about doing business in La Ceiba because she is planning on moving there within the next 3 years and opening up a tourist business.  The Internet really makes the world smaller by bringing people with similar interests together in a timely manner.  I sent her the link to the International Conference that I am attending and she responded within an hour with her thanks for the information.  For anyone interested, here is the link to the seminar.
  
  I have to define the market that is going to be willing to move to Honduras to retire in my community.  Most everyone I talk to agrees that it is an awesome idea and that they would live there and some of them are only in their 30′s.  All of the baby boomers I have talked to love the idea and have supported me with encouragement to get it done.
  
  There was an article in the Houston Chronicle Sunday regarding an army base that the US government is helping Honduras build in the northeastern corner of the country to curb the flow of South American drugs that flow through the country.  They are building a 50 mile road right through the area that I have been considering for the first parcel of land.  Most of the land in that area is heavily wooded and virtually untouched.  What a coincidence that the US government is building a road right where I want to build!
  
  The business plan is the next major step in the process.  So I am committing to having it done by the end of July.  There, I wrote it down so it has to get done.  I will be soliciting some help on making this happen because details like this are not my forte.  I can dream the dream but putting it on paper will require some serious help from someone more detail oriented than this attention deficit man that is quickly approaching middle age.
  
  Well I am off to a dinner with one of our vendors and then heading to KA Cirque Du Soleil.  I had to put that line in here for the better half that is sitting at home.

  • 10:33 pm
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