A two month hitch in Iraq was long. Typical fish out of water in a new job at times but should have a better hitch this time.
Violence in Kurdistan is ramping up unfortunately and there were 5 car bombs my first week there and a minibus filled to the gunnels with explosives that would have flattened downtown Erbil if security did not thwart the bad guys. The last I heard they were blaming a Syrian fringe group.
Other than the expected car bombs it was a quiet hitch. Really busy with the drive for first oil and the chaos of a new company. We went from a ordinary hotel to top notch apartments and we will be moving into our new office as soon as I get back.
Very much an international work force with Canadians, Americans, Dutch, Indian, Bolivian, Martian and of course the locals.
I don't have a back to back so I pretty much set my own schedule but need to in for month ends, budgets and special projects so not the 35/35 that I had in Yemen but that is ok.
After a long hitch I was really looking forward to going to Nicaragua but had 5 busy days in Houston with trying to get my house ready for sale. Lots of packing, cleaning and getting rid of shite. I had a sale but I think it will fall through because some of the conditions the buyer wants (one of which is a large portrait of me). So now I need to keep trying. I did sell my SUV to Carmax. They don't offer great prices but you can drive up and sell within an hour. I don't like dealing with people about a lot of things so it was worth the convenience for me.
And then it was Nicaragua. This was great. Lots of sleep, reading and lazing around. Surprisingly little boozing and even less junk so now I have even less soul. Fecks sake.
The second night there we had 14,000 turtles nesting on the beach. I how have a new internet sensation called turtle stacking. I hold the record at 14 and should be back bigger and better next year.
I am currently writing a boring ass blog in the Houston airport and will be in Istanbul tomorrow having nightmares about carpet salesmen and Turkish prisons. Not sure which is worse at this point.
Violence in Kurdistan is ramping up unfortunately and there were 5 car bombs my first week there and a minibus filled to the gunnels with explosives that would have flattened downtown Erbil if security did not thwart the bad guys. The last I heard they were blaming a Syrian fringe group.
Other than the expected car bombs it was a quiet hitch. Really busy with the drive for first oil and the chaos of a new company. We went from a ordinary hotel to top notch apartments and we will be moving into our new office as soon as I get back.
Very much an international work force with Canadians, Americans, Dutch, Indian, Bolivian, Martian and of course the locals.
I don't have a back to back so I pretty much set my own schedule but need to in for month ends, budgets and special projects so not the 35/35 that I had in Yemen but that is ok.
After a long hitch I was really looking forward to going to Nicaragua but had 5 busy days in Houston with trying to get my house ready for sale. Lots of packing, cleaning and getting rid of shite. I had a sale but I think it will fall through because some of the conditions the buyer wants (one of which is a large portrait of me). So now I need to keep trying. I did sell my SUV to Carmax. They don't offer great prices but you can drive up and sell within an hour. I don't like dealing with people about a lot of things so it was worth the convenience for me.
And then it was Nicaragua. This was great. Lots of sleep, reading and lazing around. Surprisingly little boozing and even less junk so now I have even less soul. Fecks sake.
The second night there we had 14,000 turtles nesting on the beach. I how have a new internet sensation called turtle stacking. I hold the record at 14 and should be back bigger and better next year.
I am currently writing a boring ass blog in the Houston airport and will be in Istanbul tomorrow having nightmares about carpet salesmen and Turkish prisons. Not sure which is worse at this point.
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