Travel blog by a global nomad
Each year seems to bring with it a new aspect of geological exploration. In my first summer writing about being an exploration geologist, I was engaged in mapping in a remote part of the world (ie it could take 3 days to get to site). Last year, I was engaged in a geochemical sampling program [...]
“Do you want to ride on top?” my translator asked me.
“What… on top of the tank?” I replied. I was bleary eyed and not thinking very straight as it was 2.30am – but duty called.
“Yeah. The driver is asking if we want to ride on top…”
“Er… OK. Why not. Might add some spice to [...]
Well, my priveleged status only lasted a day before I was turfed into the Russian tank (or ATV as they call it… I suspect many Americans on their little Suzuki or Polaris 4 wheel ATV’s would drool at the thought of owning a beastie like this one!). Maybe turfed isn’t the right word… this is [...]
My travels sound exotic to many, but I am starting to get tired of the long travel times to get somewhere. Recently, the New Scientist magazine did a map showing the remotest places on Planet Earth, and their criterian was it took more than 3 days to get there. Depressingly, most of my work areas [...]
Good grief! I thought the smog/pollution cloud in Beijing was bad but when I flew into Seoul today, I re-evaluated that!
The flight across the Pacific was quite clear (always odd that the quickest way to Asia from Vancouver is up and over Alaska and eastern Russia…). I enjoyed my first true Executive Class International flight [...]
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