Anybody who reads this blog regularly will know how much I love the desert. The desert, hold on, the Sahara Desert, was one of the reason I loved being in Libya. It was a childhood dream come true to spend a night in the Sahara and I was fortunate to spent more than one night … Continue reading »
I’ve been in London now for almost three weeks now and I have to say I am really enjoying being back in this city. It’s a city where old and new lay together like old bed fellows, everything seems to fit perfectly with each other. I always thought it was a great city, just not … Continue reading »
Halfway through my stay in Abu Dhabi I was asked whether I’d like to relocate to Tripoli to work on one of the company’s projects there. This was in June. I was told I would be mobilized to Libya by August. The Libyan Immigration department had other ideas… My visa took six months to be … Continue reading »
After my two weeks in South Africa, I was back in London albeit briefly, as my flight from Johannesburg landed at 7am and later that day at 5pm I would be on another plane, this time to Portugal for the weekend with Raquel. It had the potential to be one those cringingly awkward weekends. Why … Continue reading »
I was busy writing a post about Libya yesterday and specifically a part about my Libyan friend Abdul, of which I hadn’t received news since I left Libya. Every day I would try and call him, but never got through and yesterday, while writing about him, I thought I’d give it another go. Usually it … Continue reading »
After six days in London, I was off to South Africa to spend some quality time with the family. Initially I was only going to be in South Africa for 6 days but due to the crisis in Libya, I extended my stay at home for another week in order to take advantage of few … Continue reading »
Raquel and I are up early as we are heading to Bath for the day. I know quite a few people who have been to Bath and every single one of them have said it’s a beautiful city, so both of us were really looking forward to the trip. We only had a day for … Continue reading »
I’ve decided to change the name of the blog, because at the moment, things are a tad uncertain and my adventures shall not be taking place in the Sahara. The situation in Libya doesn’t seem to have any light at the end of the tunnel at the moment. Once again my thoughts are with my … Continue reading »
It’s Sunday morning. Raquel and I are up early and we head to Gatwick airport. We are not flying anywhere; we’re picking up a car from the airport. You know what that means: ROAD TRIP! We are going to spend three days in the Cotswolds for some proper rest and relaxation in the stunning English … Continue reading »
Below is a snippet from a chat I had with a colleague who was evacuated from Libya a couple of days ago. He says even though some of the new reports were exaggerated, things were really tense.
I left Tripoli on the “Day of Rage” for London for six days of quality time with my girlfriend. Don’t worry, I will not be giving a detailed account of my relationship, but considering that I did a few cool things during my stay in the UK, I thought I’d share those things. To those … Continue reading »
