Published: April 29th 2010April 29th 2010
BALOCHISTAN
Enjoying a quiet moment in rural Balochistan in Pakistan
I'm a world traveller, mainly on business in the field of economic and rural development, principally in Asia, but other places too. I get to go to exotic places (like here in the Balochistan province of Pakistan) and someone else usually pays!
I've visited more than 50 countries over the 30 years I've been in this game, so I thought that some of my experience could be useful to other people as I trek around, sometimes in 5 star hotels and business class, sometimes in a village via a donkey cart.
If you are interested in my work as a development professional, check out my site at FoodWorks
I'm also a physical fitness fanatic and those things are at Fitness
A full business profile is on the networking site at:
LinkedIn and you can get there from the other sites also.
And you can contact me by email at: travel@quartermainesworld.com
Welcome to Quartermaine's World!
Geoffrey James Quartermaine Bastin
I could be described as a flaneur - Dictionary definition: "an intellectual and physical wanderer, observer of life". A bit of a lightweight I suppose:) LoL
I travel extensively in Asia, the Middle East and East Africa as a development professional (I'm a faux-economist - in a faux profession) and writer (but not much you'd want to read, mainly boring technical reports) - both activities having more heat than light, more smoke than mirrors. My tales, stories and rants here are part fact/part fiction but, I hope, always stimulating and sometimes irritating. PLEASE don't take them to... full info
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Nice Hat
I like the hat Geoff...No pictures of the job in Cambodia?
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Date: 10th April 2011
Thanks Bob.... No, this blog is only from April 2010 and reports current travel. No old history.
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Thanks Bob.... No, this blog is only from April 2010 and reports current travel. No old history.
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Love the picture in Balochistan! Very Savvy
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