not much happening here

been stuck in the office all week due to having no passport , it has been sent to to Saudi embassy in London to get a visa stamped in it so until its comes back I'm going nowhere.
weather is perfect here just 73 degrees today :)) shame i don't get a day off.

oh well speak to you all soon enough

tony

photos

hi everyone
here is my photos from this last trip


http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/115527.2908f58e2da

some decent photos of a ship sinking so the rigs can come of

hello everyone

first of all sorry i haven't updated for a while, i have been offshore and the rig was on tow to sharjah docks for refurbishment so no Internet.
been on a rig called rowan Paris ( http://www.rigzone.com/data/rig_detail.asp?rig_id=952 )
wasn't bad but believe it or not we have had rain in the uae and the wind was a bit to strong so we had to anchor up for 3 days waiting for the wind to drop before we could get towed into the port.
was supposed to be going to Saudi on Sunday but that has now changed as i haven't had my passport back from the visa office. so that means i cant go anywhere until i get my passport back :))) though i do have my seaman's book (i can be used as a passport I'm told).
just got back and found out that ROGER WATERS is playing live here on the 25Th of Feb and guess what !! I'm in Dubai for then :)))))) (for all you people who haven't heard of him well he used to be the lead singer of pink Floyd ).
anyway the weather here is just perfect at the minute only 72 degrees today, shame i have to work. I'm going to watch fc Zurich play this weekend against the red bull salzburg in abu dhabi, got a couple of tickets for less than a fiver can you believe that (cheaper than leyton orient ) http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/sports/2007/January/sports_January747.xml§ion=sports&subsection=football

any way will post again in next few days

tony

back in dubai

Hello all
back in dubai now landed at 19:15 guess what its bloody chilly.
i'm off to qatar tommorow but instead of getting the helicopter we are going by barge, lovely 3 hours to get to the rig instead of 20 mins :( .
turned on my laptop to find my proxy isnt working so all those websites banned by UAE i cant get on now that includes win2win. hopefully download another proxy when i get to qatar.

have fun everyone
tony

had my ukooa medical today and it cost £100
couldn't believe it £100 for that. all they done was the usual hearing, blood pressure, eyes, you know the usual. i phoned my GP when i got back and asked him how much an annual medical would cost and what was involved , he does everything that i had done for my ukooa medical but for £65, so it cost an extra £35 to have the words "fit for offshore" typed on.

anyway i passed

happy new year

happy new year everyone

me and dawn stayed in last night , TV was utter crap so we watched you me and dupree on dvd its utter crap.
opened our champagne at midnight and went to bed , this getting old lark isn't good

tony