I stumbled upon some image files from the previous Ambibo site and look what I found. Livery designs for a make-believe Ambibo Air round-the-world trip on one of our anniversaries years back courtesy of our graphic designer Norman Nimer. All three of us (Noah Omamalin, Norman and myself) are still on board after all these years. So with our then FSX Captain Mark Velasco in California, now in college and still dreaming of flying a real aircraft one day.

Over the weekend I attended a family gathering and on the way out, somebody quietly handed me a check, whispering that it was for Ambibo and all the work we’re doing. It amazes me how, after months in hiatus people still recognize and ask about this site. I guess we must have done something right the first time. Noah and I wish all our data were intact. Sadly the old Ambibo is gone now. Rumors of our demise, though is greatly exaggerated. So with that plight (what?) to Mexico.

What remains are memories of all the fun we had and the dogged idealism to start anew. Most of our “Ambibo kids” have gone on to other pursuits and are raising their own little ones now. With day jobs to keep and bills to pay, this revived site will be more like a cafe than the raucous online “carenderia” we used to run. Still cozy but a little more subdued. A perch to watch the world go by and look back, yet always ready to jump on and dance to the current beat.

Salamat for the memories. Let’s make new ones! A bit more casually but still fond.

All aboard!

- ABF