I can't be bothered at this juncture to describle Abu Dhabi again, or indeed training. Basically the place is dull and the people varied from the sublime to the rediculous, however the whole event managed to be quite fun. Here are two examples of the kind of people I'm talking about:...
I didn't blog in December, there are many reasons for this, the chief one is that I'm lazy. However by what i will loosely call popular demand, I've added some pictures and it seems sensible to add a blog entry to point at them.
Early December found me on another rig, which we remarkable only for being on land but being surrounded by water. We...
It’s been about six months since I knew I would be working on oils rigs and during that time I’ve heard or read a lot of stories about how brutal, extreme, all out, exciting, dull and generally shocking they would be. I tend to ignore such predictions, after all, Jakarta wasn’t as bad as advertised, Cambridge had...
My tickets from Heathrow to Abu Dhabi and onwards to Jakarta, were economy however they weren’t normal economy. The booking reference number caused the same look of confusion and increased politeness to appear on each consecutive check in woman’s face. She would then call over her superior, who would look at the screen, shrug and move away....
This entry is written somewhat retrospectively since I didn't get round to starting this blog until sometime after I arrived in Jakarta.
My initial training took place in Abu Dhabi, i was there for exactly 7 days and had 7 days of training so I didn't really see that much of the country.
My overwhelming impression was of unthinkable amounts of money...
