I worked in US navy for 30 years before I took a voluntary retirement and settled in Florida. As a part of my job, I traveled in many countries and met with some interesting persons in my life. I particularly remember Andrew, a Swiss guy with whom I worked for one year. Even though we shared a brief professional relation, we bonded very well due to one factor. Our love for marine animals strengthened our friendship and both of us planned to do something about our passion for animals post retirement. However, in those days email and mobile phones were not in vogue. We lost touch and after I started a NGO for protecting endangered animals I sorely missed his presence.

A friend suggested that I could try finding his whereabouts by using a people finder online service named PeekYou. When I searched using the career records of Andrew it gave some matches. I sent a mail to an email address that seemed appropriate. Within two days a reply came. It was him. He expressed great interest in assisting me and said he would fetch me some sponsors as well.