Monthly Archives: August 2009

Eating Cobra in Vietnam

Before we went offshore, we spent the night in Danang.  Since Van Dam was there and speaks Vietnamese, we asked him to take us to get some proper local food.   We went to a restaurant and had an assortment … Continue reading

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Lonely days are gone, I’m a goin’ home

I’m leaving Vietnam tomorrow. The oil company was largely staffed by Russians. Which made things irritating. The Geologist asked about how much explosives I used, so I gave him an estimate. At which point he carved it in stone and … Continue reading

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