2 weeks in riyadh |
Well,I've been a little over 2 weeks now in Saudi Arabia and I have started to feel like or at least feel sympathy with people in AA. As many of you know the constitution of Saudi Arabia is the qur'an...
Posted by Jim Carr is in the Desert on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:15:00 PST |
FUCK FUCK FUCK, Africa is awful sometimes |
Here's the dealIn front of my hotel here in Bamako it's like a Marakesh marketplace. YOu can't walk 2 feet without at least 10 guys trying to sell you crap you dont want, an for every one of them some...
Posted by Jim Carr is in the Desert on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:29:00 PST |
Update from Bamako, Not much to report |
So everything in Mali is going just OK. We haven't been working at all so I've been pretty bored. The sub-tropical convergence zone has moved south and with it all the rain and clouds in Mali. At leas...
Posted by Jim Carr is in the Desert on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:12:00 PST |
Dreams do come true |
I've always had a dream of doing nothing and today that dream came true. I did nothing.......like nothing at all except breathe, poop once, take a shower, eat a sandwich and write this blog. I havent ...
Posted by Jim Carr is in the Desert on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:26:00 PST |
This is a fucking long one |
Hey everyone,
So here's the deal. Every 12 months a commercial pilot has to have his medical certificate renewed (6 months for an airline captain) and my last medical was on Oct. 26, 2005. Well...
Posted by Jim Carr is in the Desert on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:16:00 PST |
Surfi Afrique |
Hey Bitches
So here is the deal.every year I have to get a new med. Cert. to be a commercial pilot and mine runs out Oct. 31. I am living in Bamako Mali and the closest place to renew an FAA cert. is ...
Posted by Jim Carr is in the Desert on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:21:00 PST |
Back in Bamako |
Well,
We just came back to Bamako after being sent 250 miles NE to a town on the Niger called Mopti. The original area established for our project is nowhere near there but the president of Mali is fr...
Posted by Jim Carr is in the Desert on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:00:00 PST |
Just here in Bamako Still |
Still here, but maybe going to Riyadh. That could possibly suck REAL bad. I guess if you stay in a hotel they not only don't sell any booze, they search you to see if you have any! SHIT. The other cho...
Posted by Jim Carr is in the Desert on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:48:00 PST |
Tropical diseases suck |
So, a month in to my tip and Ive most certainly contracted the dreaded Malaria. Let me tell you it Fucking Sucks.
Malaria
Malaria is a serious, infectious disease spread by certain kinds of mosquitoes...
Posted by Jim Carr is in the Desert on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 09:32:00 PST |
asleep at the wheel |
Just a little taste of what I do between flights on a 100deg. afternoon in Mali
Posted by Jim Carr is in the Desert on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:29:00 PST |
