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Comment on Offshore – FPSO – Luanda by admin

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:27:49 +0000

Nope, never did. They are particularly tense about photography out there. Unfortunately!

Comment on Offshore – FPSO – Luanda by toby

toby — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:04:06 +0000

Did you ever get any photos.. when i see these things in the shipyard sthey are huge. i can’t imagine what its like when they are out on station!

Comment on Holy Shit – 101 Hits in one day!! by admin

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:08:50 +0000

Coming!

Comment on Dude’s a Legend! by Liz & Sam

Liz & Sam — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:20:47 +0000

Question: How do you stop a network crashing?
Answer: Use a clamp!

Comment on Dude’s a Legend! by Liz & Sam

Liz & Sam — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:18:02 +0000

And your new side line is selling clamps?

Comment on Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) & a Sad Day for my Car! – Luanda by Martin Hagues

Martin Hagues — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:09:18 +0000

Good day

I did a Huet course in Luanda in September 2010.

I have attached cert. I never got the certificate. Could the original be scanned and sent to me.

Also is this certificate valued for the North Sea.

Please could you help?

Regards

Martin Hagues (LME Consulting Limited)
Senior Piping Designer

Comment on Holy Shit – 101 Hits in one day!! by Gavin

Gavin — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:34:50 +0000

Where are our updates

Comment on Day 4 – Table Mountain by Mark

Mark — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:58:25 +0000

“The view of one of the most beautiful cities in the world”

Are you sure? It looks nothing like Poole

Glad to see you’re enjoying yourself

Comment on Zermatt for 2 Weeks :-) by Garry

Garry — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:13:38 +0000

“Your comment is awaiting moderating” … WTF … what don’t we know about you

Comment on Zermatt for 2 Weeks :-) by Garry

Garry — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:12:37 +0000

Nice to see you blogging again …. keep it up – no more 360 day vacations!!

Comment on Angola vs Algeria – Luanda Stadium – COCAN 2010 by Chantell Cosme

Chantell Cosme — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:20:36 +0000

I found your blog via Google while searching for fifa.Though I was finding for tickets I think its really a good blog with useful info.Surely be coming back to gain more info

Comment on Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) & a Sad Day for my Car! – Luanda by Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:27:05 +0000

Excellent Article!

If I could write like this I would be well chuffed

The more I read articles of such quality as this (which is rare), the more I think there might be a future for the Web. Keep it up, as it were.

Comment on Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) & a Sad Day for my Car! – Luanda by Helicoptor Flying

Helicoptor Flying — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:33:36 +0000

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first

comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep

visiting this blog very often.

Comment on Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) & a Sad Day for my Car! – Luanda by Hipo Mbambuculo

Hipo Mbambuculo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:21:18 +0000

I would like to have the HUET,FIRE WATCH and other training
and need to know the prices for each training or more informations about it.

Yours truly.

Mbambuculo.

Comment on Angola vs Algeria – Luanda Stadium – COCAN 2010 by Scott

Scott — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:35:58 +0000

Nice to see you are still alive and kicking in 2010…

Comment on Angola vs Algeria – Luanda Stadium – COCAN 2010 by Joy

Joy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:57:42 +0000

Nice stadium! Bet the vibe was awesome too.

I’m off to the first ever soccer match at the Cape Town Stadium this weekend, soooooo excited (only 20 000 tickets were on sale and they’re sold out)

Will blog about that fo’ sho.

Comment on Angola vs Algeria – Luanda Stadium – COCAN 2010 by Liz

Liz — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:07:57 +0000

Wow, impressive stadium and quite a crowd – am sure FIFA are praying that they have the same crowds down south for the World Cup! Must say some of the COCAN games have been really interesting so far.

Comment on 360 Days! by Change is Coming! at Nunnsby’s Bantering Blog

Change is Coming! at Nunnsby’s Bantering Blog — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:01:46 +0000

[...] Plus . . . I’ve got some long stories to tell. Starting with WTF happened after my previous post about me getting back in the whole blogging thing and back on track, here. [...]

Comment on Back in Action to get Flat! – Luanda by 360 Days! at Nunnsby’s Bantering Blog

360 Days! at Nunnsby’s Bantering Blog — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:35:41 +0000

[...] from the states, keeping you all up to date with my fitness trial-by-fire journey to “Once Again” get and keep fit. I’ll be uploading my running profiles – techie at heart coming [...]

Comment on Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) & a Sad Day for my Car! – Luanda by Karl

Karl — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:40:02 +0000

I used to be a HUET instructor at ESSA but left just before they moved to the big new pool. It was a full time job keepin the pool clean with the Portland Cement plant just up the road and all the airborne dust that used to flow in there settling on the pool bottom. HAHAHA you brought back memories of the cats. Bloody things! I suggested to the then manager that we get a couple of dogs but the rationale was that the cats kept the rat population down also. The view from the bungalows over the beach was nice but I remember one of our guys got a screaming dose of Malaria from down at the beach side bar. I wonder if ESSA ever sorted out the problem of all their raw sewerage flowing over the hill to the beach below. All in all I had a good 2 years working there but was glad to finally get out of Angola for the last time.

Comment on Having a Whale of a Time Fishing – Luanda by Anisa

Anisa — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:07:40 +0000

hi,
I really enjoyed your pictures and the whales was the best.
Could you send to me more pictures and a little bit more about the whales in angola?
thank you!

Comment on 5th September – Angolan Election Day by meyyappan

meyyappan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:42:01 +0000

hi,

I am Meyyappan .I am from India,presently working in the Middle East –UAE– for oil and Gas company.I wanted to know about Angola and was looking for wb information while I bumped into your blog.

I am looking for a rotation al job and landed up contacting an Eurpean contracting company.They have informed me about a potentail opportunity—in control systems specialist foreman position in an oofshore FPSO off Angola.

It will be helpful if you can give some idea regarding th work conditions there /salary ranges in FPSO off Angola? what is the tax structure there?

Thanks in advance.

N.Meyyappan

Comment on Offshore 2 – GSF Explorer – Luanda by RYErnest

RYErnest — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:28:40 +0000

Nice post u have here Added to my RSS reader

Comment on I could REALLY get used to working like this!! – Day 2 by SuZ

SuZ — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:31:09 +0000

Hey! lol

My HP is still going strong…I waited like 4ever to get an login and to get my password…

Comment on Offshore – FPSO – Luanda by JOHN DAVID LAPINSKAS

JOHN DAVID LAPINSKAS — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:29:12 +0000

Excellent discourse!!! I will be heading out to Block 2 from Luanda Heliport for the first time next week…….many thanks for taking the time.

Best Regards

John

Comment on 5th September – Angolan Election Day by Ze

Ze — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:04:50 +0000

I am an Angolan living in the UK. After many years I am heading back to Angola. Fearfull ( a little bit) Hopeful ( of good oportunities) and know in advance the dificulties ahead. Is good to read your posts and be iluminated and made to laugh. Keep it alive.

Comment on 5th September – Angolan Election Day by Ze

Ze — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:01:38 +0000

Man what a story ! But it looks looks the every day thing of africa.

Comment on 5th September – Angolan Election Day by Mark

Mark — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:06:23 +0000

LoL – I would have paid good money to have seen that. In fact, come to think of it, I’d have paid even more money to see you all in handcuffs! You reprobates.

Do you think they’d do it retrospectively?

Comment on WordPress has BROKEN all my Permalinks :( by 82 Days . . . Let’s Do IT - Luanda at Nunnsby’s Bantering Blog

82 Days . . . Let’s Do IT - Luanda at Nunnsby’s Bantering Blog — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:52:12 +0000

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Offshore 2 - GSF Explorer - Luanda at Nunnsby’s Bantering Blog — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:42:11 +0000

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Comment on My Week of Hell – Luanda!! by Cape Town Carnage :) - Time Off! at Nunnsby’s Bantering Blog

Cape Town Carnage :) - Time Off! at Nunnsby’s Bantering Blog — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:38:48 +0000

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Comment on Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) & a Sad Day for my Car! – Luanda by N Carstens

N Carstens — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:42:17 +0000

I am in need for a phone number or mail adress for the training centre please.

Thanks

Comment on Offshore – FPSO – Luanda by clifford smylie

clifford smylie — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:12:09 +0000

Thanks for the run down on the fpso i head out to it on the 5th August my first time off shore……….

Comment on Cape Town Carnage :) – Time Off! by clive hendricks

clive hendricks — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:12:56 +0000

my son is a diver,I need to set him up with someone as uself

Comment on Offshore – FPSO – Luanda by Big Rig Transport

Big Rig Transport — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:14:36 +0000

found your site on del.icio.us today and really liked it.. i bookmarked it and will be back to check it out some more later ..

Comment on Cape Town Carnage :) – Time Off! by liz

liz — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:40:16 +0000

Great underwater pics. Mmm, now we know why the AA wants to up our membership fees! Borat is right, call a taxi next time …

Comment on Back on Land – Launda by liz

liz — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:33:55 +0000

Must say that the food in that pic of your “lunch from a few days ago” still looked reasonable for lunch a few days old! Amamazed that Nando’s never lasted there … franchise anyone?

Comment on Offshore – FPSO – Luanda by Offshore 2 - GSF Explorer - Luanda at Nunnsby’s Bantering Blog

Offshore 2 - GSF Explorer - Luanda at Nunnsby’s Bantering Blog — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:17:26 +0000

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Cape Town Carnage :) - Time Off! at Nunnsby’s Bantering Blog — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:06:36 +0000

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Comment on Avoid the Cops – Luanda by Earl

Earl — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:59:47 +0000

There was a time when there was a Nando’s in Luanda, but no more. Can’t quite understand how they were not successful in Angola….Oh well I will have to try Wimpy the next time I am up…

Comment on My Week of Hell – Luanda!! by Avoid the Cops - Luanda at Nunnsby’s Bantering Blog

Avoid the Cops - Luanda at Nunnsby’s Bantering Blog — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:38:41 +0000

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Comment on Chillout to Dine – Luanda! by Bruno De Carvalho

Bruno De Carvalho — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:18:46 +0000

Ho what a night, Did i tell you that i almost fell asleep outside Chillout!!

Comment on Chillout to Dine – Luanda! by Jason

Jason — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:21:27 +0000

Sounds like fun…. like the ol’ dayz!!

Comment on Chillout to Dine – Luanda! by The Sultan

The Sultan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:39:20 +0000

How are you ‘ol chap

Comment on Friday into the Weekend! – Luanda by liz

liz — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:30:07 +0000

Another braai! Everyone wants to know what’s wrapped in the foil on the braai? On the subject of storerooms in the basement with boxes and old kit, I just checked under the bed in your Newlands room – talk about boxes and old kit, no wonder your Wynberg flat was so empty! When you’ve finished tidying the storeroom in Luanda you can sart on your room in Newlands when you are next in Cape Town!

Comment on The White German Witch Doctor – Luanda – Day 19 by Kenward

Kenward — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:33:59 +0000

Hey Rich,
Great story. My Canadian travelling buddy Doug and I have had communication issues whilst abroad. We were chased out of a shop in Fiji by this Indian guy who was offended by Doug haggling too low, he then chased us down the street. Another amusing one was the little fat housemaid we had in our hotel in Port Moresby, PNG. It has a terrible reputation and is an incredibly dangerous town, but we’d only just arrived and thought it hadn’t seemed so bad. As the sun set on the afternoon we asked her if it really was as bad as people say:

Maid: “Ooooh nooo… most people in Papau New Guinea are veh-ry friendly, very friendly.. they don’t want no trouble.. yes there are some bad people but most people just want to live a good life, they very friendly, it’s okay.”
Doug: “Is it okay to go for quick walk into town?”
Maid: “No.”

Outstanding. In Antananarivo, Madagascar (where rats the size of cats run around under tables in restaurants) we were in a taxi and got stopped by a police checkpoint. They were in combats and had AK-47s with bayonets on, stopping people at random it seemed. The police, in basic english, wanted our passports. We’d left them in the hotel, they said that wasn’t good enough and we’d have to come down the station overnight. Not wanting to enjoy a re-enactment of ‘Midnight Express’ I then got quite irate, arguing in my basic French as to why this wasn’t right, that the passports were at the hotel and I wanted to speak to the British Embassy. At that point the door was opened and I was motioned out onto the road at bayonet point, where the smiling policemen asked again. At this point Doug, cool as a cucumber, spoke from inside the car, “just give him some money”… I offered some notes to the policeman, he smiled and nodded.. covertly taking them from me. We were then allowed to go on our way. If that was the police I’d hate to see the criminals!

I also got food-poisoning and amoebic dysentery on that trip, but that’s another story. The burning joints you mentioned rang alarm bells but it sounds different (not puking and sh1tting for starters). I had to be taken to a doctor in this bondoo village, but that’s another story…

Great to hear your adventures continue Westby-Nunn. Keep it up, loving hearing about it.

Comment on Sly’s 1 is Up! – Luanda – Day 24 by Earl Middleton

Earl Middleton — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:07:07 +0000

Lol….welcome to my world mate. African times and African vibes…Haveto chase peeps in Angola all the time

Comment on Another Chilled Weekend – Luanda – Day 22 by Earl Middleton

Earl Middleton — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:57:26 +0000

Of course they have Spin….so say thank you Earl considering i run the logistics make ensure that the stock gets sent to Luanda. hahaha

Looks like ur having fun mate, hopefully will come up and visit you soon

Comment on Holy Shit – 101 Hits in one day!! by tonynunn@iafrica.com

tonynunn@iafrica.com — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:22:13 +0000

Hi Rich, Obviously you are enjoying yourself in Angola. Hope to hear more news from you in future. Your camera is great. The on board flash is crap. Am using an old fasioned flash that I borrowed which works fantastically, only problem it doesn’t adjust up – if you know what I mean. Pics from the camera are coming out great.
Dad

Comment on Holy Shit – 101 Hits in one day!! by The Big Boss

The Big Boss — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:42:06 +0000

I had a problem connecting that day. So I must have been on your blog about 50 times to read all our crap. The rest was Gavin and the rest was you updating your stuff. You only have 2 friends. Sorry…

Its quite amazing though how inquisitive people are. But then again you did e-mail and facebook about 300 people to let them know.

Comment on Holy Shit – 101 Hits in one day!! by liz

liz — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:49:30 +0000

Well the 101 Hits to your website is certainly far cheaper than a party!

Just noticed your Blogroll, what with the “Holy Shit” about the 101 Hits, perhaps it should be changed to Bogroll!

Cheers!

Comment on Holy Shit – 101 Hits in one day!! by Gavin Muller

Gavin Muller — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:47:02 +0000

101 hits to what? – your pride
Lets face it people would rather read what you than hear what you say.

Comment on The Wild Wild WILD WEST! aka Cape Town!! by Nigel

Nigel — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:55:35 +0000

They should’ve placed the dog in the back of the van with the other dog. That would have really meant some serious bonding time.

Big up to Terry for noticing the alarm zone thing.

Comment on Then the Slums – Luanda – Day 5!! by Peter Obi

Peter Obi — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:40:48 +0000

Interesting comments

Please add some construction photos! Luanda is booming and not just boundless slums and traffic!!!

It is a country rebuilding from scratch so don´t expect the world.

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