Biff The World Traveler

Biff (on the right) and his assistant Don Johnson on a Photo Safari in Kenya

For a period of eighteen years, Biff was employed by Philip Morris International. During this period, he was Manager of International Cost Accounting and Capitol Expenditures and mainly living in Manhattan, New York City. In this position, he designed a standard direct cost system for Philip Morris that he installed at all Philip Morris International Operations. This project required extensive International travel (usually eleven months a year out of the country). These cost system installations required an average of either a three, six or nine month stay in the installation country. However, a collective two and a half years were spent in Nigeria. It usually required that he learn the local language as well. After an installation was complete, he would revisit the operation to maintain and update the installed system.

The following are the countries that Biff has visited:

Biff's rule of counting a country as visited

is that he had to spend at least two days/nights in the country.

(not all of these countries were work related)

Afghanistan

Denmark

Hungary

Netherlands

South Africa

Antigua

Dominican Republic

India

New Zealand

Spain

Argentina

East Germany

Indonesia

Nicaragua

Sweden

Aruba

Egypt

Iran

Niger

Switzerland

Australia

El Salvador

Ireland

Nigeria

Tanzania

Austria

Equador

Italy

Norway

Thailand

Bahamas

Ethiopia

Ivory Coast

Pakistan

Togo

Barbados

Finland

Jamaica

Panama

Trinidad

Belgium

France

Japan

Paraguay

Turkey

Belize

Gambia

Kenya

Peru

United Kingdom

Benin

Ghana

Lebanon

Philippines

Uruguay

Brazil

Greece

Liberia

Poland

USSR

Canada

Guatemala

Liechtenstein

Portugal

Vatican City

Chile

Guinea

Luxembourg

Puerto Rico

Venezuela

China

Haiti

Malaysia

Scotland

West Germany

Colombia

Hawaii

Mexico

Senegal

Zaire

Congo

Honduras

Monaco

Sierra Leone

Zambia

Costa Rica

Hong Kong

Morocco

Singapore

Zimbabwe
 

Canary Islands

Hawaii

Galapagos

  

 

Here are some significant happenings and images of his travels:

Afghanistan

Saint John's Cathedral and snorkeling in Antigua

A Gaucho and Flamenco dancers from Argentina

Charlie's Bar and beach in Aruba

Sydney Opera House, Australia

Attended the Mardi Gras (Carnival) in Rio

Spent three days in jail in Brazil

Flew over the Iguasu falls of Brazil in a helicopter

Saw live sex shows in Denmark and Holland

Went to East Berlin through Checkpoint Charlie

 Sailed down the Nile in Egypt to see the temples in Luxor, Aswan and Abu Simbal

Explored the Sphinx, Great Pyramids and King Tut's tomb

 Climbed the active volcano Agua in Guatemala to take pictures of the inside of the crater

Sang jazz weekly in a whorehouse in Guatemala

Went to the pyramids at Tecal 

Saw the Taj Mahal by the light of the full moon

Explored the erotic temples in Khajurahu, India

Went to an opium den in Bombay, India

Went on a photo safari in Kenya visiting Amboseli, Tsavo, Lake Nakuro, and Masai Mara

Stayed at Mount Kenya Safari Club

Stayed at Treetops in Kenya

Had a Bull Fight dedicated to him in Mexico

Attended the World Cup in Mexico

 Met Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Spent an intimate evening with "El Cordobes" in Guadalajara, Mexico

Won first place in a dance contest in Nigeria doing the "Screw"

Lived in Nigeria during the Biafran war

 Lived a week with the San Blas Indians, makers of the Molas, on an island off the coast of Panama

 

Had drinks with Frank Sinatra in Panama City

 Indirectly involved in a bank robbery in Denmark

Made a hot balloon ride over the Serengeti, Tanzania

 

Attended the Octoberfest in Germany

Visited Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe