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Thursday, 11 March 2010

My place of work & headless sheep

This is where I am working, it does not look like much at the moment. As you can see there is nothing for miles in any direction and the heat during the day is 35-40 degrees and its not even summer yet. I am told it will reach the 60's and 70's by that time. Lets hope I get used to it by then.

I saw a couple of sheep being slaughtered on the site by the workers as a kind of blessing, they turned up later in the day accompanied by olives, grilled tomatoes and bread.

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The commute to work will never be the same again

This is the kind of thing I see on the way to work now. Miles and
miles of nothing but sand, dirt and rocks with the odd pools of water,
gas/oil pipelines and flames in the distance pumping smoke into the
air 24/7. The journey to work could not be more different. No more
traffic, no rush hour and I don't even get to drive.

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Sand, Rocks and Oilfields

Then before I knew it I was flying again, over sand, rocks and
oilfields in the middle east. Onwards to my final destination.

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I found Starbucks too!!

Yeah, right there in Amman airport I came across a Starbucks!!

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Taxi ride to airport for flight number 3

So after a nights stay in Amman, Jordan it was time to head off to
Amman airport to catch another flight. These photos were taken from
the taxi on the way using my mobile phone. You can see a KFC and a
McDonalds in two of them, exciting stuff, but it just go's to show how
far reaching these American fast food chains can get and i can't say I
was surprised.

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More from my travels

This time it's the hotel where I stayed in Amman, Jordan. I got here
late at night, very tired after a long flight and the room was great.
I had a bite to eat consisting of Chicken Strips covered in peanuts
and then fried, served with salad and chilli dip. This was washed down
by a nice cold beer before retiring to bed. In the morning i had a
huge breakfast consisting of Chicken Sausages, Potato Wedges, Beans,
Beef Bacon, Grilled Tomatoes, Grilled Haloumi Cheese and French Toast
washed down with plenty of coffee. I also decided to try some of the
sweet pastries on offer (well you got to get your monies worth in
haven't you).