Friday, 18 May 2007
Wednesday, 16 May 2007
ho chi min city
well finally got of the rig and had a night in ho chi minh city (formally saigon)
very hectic place reminds me of bangkok,our hotel was fasntastic and only $50 per night (paid for coutesey of ensco).
fisrt place we went to was the famous rex hotel which is the hotel that all the top officials stayed in during the viet war and its featured in all of the vietnam war films. http://www.rexhotelvietnam.com/
we then went looking for a bar to get a drink and well out of nowhere we found a bar called sheridans and it was an oustanding irish bar owned by a guy called mike from cork. only downfall it only sold guiness in bottles but at 1 quid a throw who's complaining. we asked mike to give us some places to go that night but he done one better and jumped in the taxi with us and came with us.
first bar was a tourist bar called apocalypse now and was dedicated to the film, outside there was a big sign abouve the door saying "charlie dont surf" god knows how they get away with that (bottles of heineken 50p haha) .
next we went to a mexican type live music bar and the vietnamese friend who owned it was a friend of mikes, he was the spiiting image of the guy in the film good morning vietnam, you know the gay veitnamese bar owner nad this guy was as gay as they come as well.
after two more bars which were just basic tourist bars with pool tables we headed back to his irish bar for a jamesons or two where we met thumper a viet veteran from australia who had never left since the war and had a viet wife, he also looked like anyone of the guys from zz top.
anyway next day we went to the biggest market in saigon called ben thanh market and it is the biggest fake suplier in asia supposedly. we went round and the stuff you could buy was amazing, i ended up buying a pair of jeans, some sunglasses and some presents for dawn (not going to say what as she will read this and spoil the surprise).
well after that eventfull day and a half we finally caught our plane from saigon to singapore and then to dubai at 5pm and finally touched down at 3am in dubai.
just two weeks left and then i will be back in uk (on thw 2nd of jun)
so see you all soon
tony
very hectic place reminds me of bangkok,our hotel was fasntastic and only $50 per night (paid for coutesey of ensco).
fisrt place we went to was the famous rex hotel which is the hotel that all the top officials stayed in during the viet war and its featured in all of the vietnam war films. http://www.rexhotelvietnam.com/
we then went looking for a bar to get a drink and well out of nowhere we found a bar called sheridans and it was an oustanding irish bar owned by a guy called mike from cork. only downfall it only sold guiness in bottles but at 1 quid a throw who's complaining. we asked mike to give us some places to go that night but he done one better and jumped in the taxi with us and came with us.
first bar was a tourist bar called apocalypse now and was dedicated to the film, outside there was a big sign abouve the door saying "charlie dont surf" god knows how they get away with that (bottles of heineken 50p haha) .
next we went to a mexican type live music bar and the vietnamese friend who owned it was a friend of mikes, he was the spiiting image of the guy in the film good morning vietnam, you know the gay veitnamese bar owner nad this guy was as gay as they come as well.
after two more bars which were just basic tourist bars with pool tables we headed back to his irish bar for a jamesons or two where we met thumper a viet veteran from australia who had never left since the war and had a viet wife, he also looked like anyone of the guys from zz top.
anyway next day we went to the biggest market in saigon called ben thanh market and it is the biggest fake suplier in asia supposedly. we went round and the stuff you could buy was amazing, i ended up buying a pair of jeans, some sunglasses and some presents for dawn (not going to say what as she will read this and spoil the surprise).
well after that eventfull day and a half we finally caught our plane from saigon to singapore and then to dubai at 5pm and finally touched down at 3am in dubai.
just two weeks left and then i will be back in uk (on thw 2nd of jun)
so see you all soon
tony
Friday, 4 May 2007
Hello everyone.
Still on rig ENSCO 97 in vietnam, after the debacle of our losdt luggage well ensco decided to lose our magnet which is essential for MPI inspection. After a few days scurrying around trying to find it and get it on to rig, the heliport wouldny fly it on the helicopter as it might effect the controls being a magnet amd all that.
they are going to send it by supply boat so we will be here for a few more days, try and drag it out till thursday as most of the american staff are going back home on thursday after a night out in ho chi min city and have told us we are most welcom to join them if we go off thursday ourselves (im sure we can be busy till then.
was supposed to be going singapore next but thats been canccelled so we might end up going to a land rig in yemen which should be fun.
just heard that a platform explosion has happened 15 miles from here, a platform is what the rig attaches to, lucky enough there was no oil rig threre but supposedly we haerd the platform had a gas explosion.
anyway more soon
tony
Still on rig ENSCO 97 in vietnam, after the debacle of our losdt luggage well ensco decided to lose our magnet which is essential for MPI inspection. After a few days scurrying around trying to find it and get it on to rig, the heliport wouldny fly it on the helicopter as it might effect the controls being a magnet amd all that.
they are going to send it by supply boat so we will be here for a few more days, try and drag it out till thursday as most of the american staff are going back home on thursday after a night out in ho chi min city and have told us we are most welcom to join them if we go off thursday ourselves (im sure we can be busy till then.
was supposed to be going singapore next but thats been canccelled so we might end up going to a land rig in yemen which should be fun.
just heard that a platform explosion has happened 15 miles from here, a platform is what the rig attaches to, lucky enough there was no oil rig threre but supposedly we haerd the platform had a gas explosion.
anyway more soon
tony
Sunday, 29 April 2007
vietnam
well finally got into ho chi min city airport and breezed through customs, and went to collect our bags but guess what they lost them, filled in all the forms for lost baggage and then had a two hour drive to a place called wang tau.
stayed in the palace hotel which was pretty decent, just like a holiday inn, night time went out for a few beers and realised it was 50p a bottle of lager how good is that !!
went on rig next day and have been on since saturday without any bags, just the clothes i am wearing but bags arrived this morning so everything is ok.
most ironic thing this year
today is independance day in vietnam and on the rig they had a big celabration (victory against americans) but the rig is american and all the senior staff are americans :0 :0
photos
click on photo to see more photos
tony
stayed in the palace hotel which was pretty decent, just like a holiday inn, night time went out for a few beers and realised it was 50p a bottle of lager how good is that !!
went on rig next day and have been on since saturday without any bags, just the clothes i am wearing but bags arrived this morning so everything is ok.
most ironic thing this year
today is independance day in vietnam and on the rig they had a big celabration (victory against americans) but the rig is american and all the senior staff are americans :0 :0
photos
click on photo to see more photos
tony
Tuesday, 24 April 2007
manchester utd
Unfortunately after watching last nights game i have to admit that i can see utd winning this yrs champions league, ok their defence is just crap but they are an excellent attacking team this year a lot better than last season and luck is on their side.
i was hoping for a Milan v Liverpool final.
though one day the mighty tranmere rovers will be there
anyway I'm off to ho chi min city on Thursday now with a new lad from Norwich, looking forward to a day off and do the tourist bit, my aim is to go and see the VC tunnels from the war.
after Saigon off to Singapore which should be another good trip.
speak soon everyone
tony
i was hoping for a Milan v Liverpool final.
though one day the mighty tranmere rovers will be there
anyway I'm off to ho chi min city on Thursday now with a new lad from Norwich, looking forward to a day off and do the tourist bit, my aim is to go and see the VC tunnels from the war.
after Saigon off to Singapore which should be another good trip.
speak soon everyone
tony
Monday, 23 April 2007
sorry its been a while
been busy in saudi working on land rigs, also keeping my tan topped up on the beach on my days off ( have to keep my tan for barcalona)
off on wednesday to my next job, going to vietnam for a couple of weeks then off to singapore and due back into dubai around the 19th of may.
tony
off on wednesday to my next job, going to vietnam for a couple of weeks then off to singapore and due back into dubai around the 19th of may.
tony
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