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Scenic dusk  
   

Scenic dusk

All those little lights on the horizon are fire plums from rigs. Kinda pretty in an odd sort of way.
The first few days

May 1st 2006
I'm making a bad habit of slipping off into my own little world far too often. Sorry for loss of contact. So I'm offshore at the moment, right off a place called Escravo, Nigeria. Pretty area, if you can stand the giant plums of fire bellowing out from the various rigs dotted about the water. The barge I'm on carries a compliment of 10 armed securit guards and has two machine gun nests "just in ca ... read more
Africa » Nigeria

Nigerian Flag Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new constitution was adopted in 1999, and a peaceful transition to civilian government was completed. The president faces the daunting task of rebuilding a petroleum-based economy, whose revenues have bee... ... read more
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