Tag:Brunei

Part of my crew heads into the jungle on their morning commute for another day of work. The guy at the front has the dynamite in his backpack. The guy at the back in the orange overalls is carrying the detonators.

Daily Photo – Morning Commute

While today my morning commute is a 25 mile chore on the freeways of Houston, in 1989, as this photos shows, my commute in Brunei was much more pleasant!

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After heavy rains, many of the streets of Kuala Belait used to flood. This is a photo taken outside one of our workshops one night as a car drives along the flooded street. Brunei, 1989.

Daily Photo – Night Flood

You can’t actually see the car driving through this flood in Kuala Belait, one night in 1989, but you know it’s there by the trails of the tail lights and the plumes of water on each side.

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In this photo of lake bridging, part of my crew head home at the end of the day. Brunei, 1989.

Daily Photo – More Lake Bridging

In this photo, part of my crew heads home across a stretch of lake bridging in Brunei, 1989. The lakes were probably old sand quarries.

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We came across the abandoned narrow gauge railway in the Brunei Jungle. I didn't walk to the far end but I understand it ended at an abandoned logging camp.

Daily Photo – Jungle Railway

We wondered where this jungle railway went when we stumbled across it while laying out our survey grid. It just seemed to start in the middle of the jungle.

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Looking up at the jungle canopy, Brunei, 1989.

Daily Photo – Jungle Canopy

This image is typical of the jungle canopy – all the branches and leaves at the top of the trees and barren trunks all the way to the ground.

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Here's a photo of our LVL recording position on one of the lines in Brunei, 1989.

Daily Photo – Jungle LVL

Today’s photo is of the recording setup for an LVL shot somewhere in the jungle of Brunei inland from Seria. The crew member in the red overalls in the background is most probably checking the connection of some component of our spread – either a geophone or an explosives connection. They guy in the foreground is standing by the triggering device.

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