Category:Travel

Entrance to the Louvre, Paris
March 9, 2010

The Louvre, Paris

I spent the bulk of 1998 and 1999 living in Paris, France. For the first time since 1985 I didn’t own a car. I...

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Boats in Bodø harbour at midnight.
March 4, 2010

Bodø, Norway

In the summer of 1985 I took off for a rail trip around Europe with a close friend. Having traveled around German, Austria, Switzerland,...

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Uphole rig
March 3, 2010

Uphole rig, Libya

When I first went to Libya in 1984 I was an ‘Assistant Seismologist’. My job function was to determine the static corrections needed to...

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Wreckage of the Lady Be Good in 1991
March 2, 2010

The ‘Lady Be Good’, Libya

In 1990-91 I was fortunate enough to be assigned to work in the Calanscio sand sea in the Libyan Desert. Fortunate because a little...

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