This weekend was one of the best I’ve had on site since I’ve been here. Six of us decided to head north to our hydro-electric power plant to fish, barbeque and hang out. When we got there we saw some hippo tracks, some eagles, and may have heard a jungle elephant in the distance, but…
View MoreThe past few days have been a lot of fun. We got a consultant in the office from the company I like to work with the most. So, it’s been nice having another guy from a developed country around, if anything, it’s just someone who I can relate to a little more. Well that and…
View MoreDriving here has definitely been entertaining. All of my co-workers complement me on my driving skills, and ask if I was a professional driver back home. It’s funny that, even though I am a decade younger than most of them, I have been driving longer than all of them combined. Congolese roads, for better or…
View MoreIt has been a fun week or two. My conversational French is starting to pick up (just don’t ask me to write it…) and I know enough Lingala to make the locals squeal with excitement. Also, the Director of my department is out of town, so I have been able to use his office; which…
View MoreIt’s been a very busy week, but I have some interesting pictures to show because of it. On Saturday night we had a BBQ and hung out at the bar on site. It was a lot of fun because I was the only expat there, and everyone was really interested in talking to me about…
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