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Hello from Kazakhstan.
I've been here for almost a week and I'm comming home soon. The trip hasn't been pleasant and I miss my wife and my dog. They failed to mention that the rigs we had to meaure, are a 5 hour car ride from the city of Aktau. Not only is it a 5 hour dirve, but 4 of those hours are on an unpaved road that is easily the bumpiest road I've ever seen. When we got there, we got to stay in a camp. Two of us in a 12' x 4' room and three meals a day of 'camp food'. There was nothing else to do besides get up, go to the rigs (another 15 ride), work and then come back to camp. The landscape is completely barren...nothing but little desart plants and endless miles of dust. The wind is relentless and being outside is like being sandblasted. At least the wind keeps you somewhat cool becuase it had to be close to 35-40 degrees celcius. We were there for 4 days or so, and I didn't see one cloud the whole time...besides the clouds of dust that get blown into your eyes, ears, mouth and nose.
I'm back from the camp and in the city of Aktau. We were supposed to fly home today but our passports are still at a government office. The company sent them in becuase we needed to be registered to stay here longer than a week. It takes time for the paper work and it's not done yet. We should be able to leave tomorrow...I hope. I've written many pages about this trip, and I plan to put something together with photos etc...so anyone who is interested can read all about it.
Talk to you all later...I just want to go home
I've been here for almost a week and I'm comming home soon. The trip hasn't been pleasant and I miss my wife and my dog. They failed to mention that the rigs we had to meaure, are a 5 hour car ride from the city of Aktau. Not only is it a 5 hour dirve, but 4 of those hours are on an unpaved road that is easily the bumpiest road I've ever seen. When we got there, we got to stay in a camp. Two of us in a 12' x 4' room and three meals a day of 'camp food'. There was nothing else to do besides get up, go to the rigs (another 15 ride), work and then come back to camp. The landscape is completely barren...nothing but little desart plants and endless miles of dust. The wind is relentless and being outside is like being sandblasted. At least the wind keeps you somewhat cool becuase it had to be close to 35-40 degrees celcius. We were there for 4 days or so, and I didn't see one cloud the whole time...besides the clouds of dust that get blown into your eyes, ears, mouth and nose.
I'm back from the camp and in the city of Aktau. We were supposed to fly home today but our passports are still at a government office. The company sent them in becuase we needed to be registered to stay here longer than a week. It takes time for the paper work and it's not done yet. We should be able to leave tomorrow...I hope. I've written many pages about this trip, and I plan to put something together with photos etc...so anyone who is interested can read all about it.
Talk to you all later...I just want to go home