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rigpig100



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not long now !

three more days and I am out of this Censored holecalled Angola !!!!
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jim4244



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LOL.......it could be way worse......you could be stuck in Saudi.....

Jim
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rigpig100



Member Since: 30 Jul 2013
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Cant be as bad can it ?
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Fish



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I feel your pain! Stuck offshore Angola till the 30th Big Cry 2.7 HSE, Audi A6 Exec, Honda Accord Exec, Volvo 440, Volvo 360
Post #436323 Sun Sep 14 2014 12:24pm
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Paulcp



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jim4244 wrote:
LOL.......it could be way worse......you could be stuck in Saudi.....

Jim


Just had 4 years working in Jeddah. Nothing wrong with Saudi unless you believe the Internet types views who have never been!
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gogsy1956



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I was stuck in Luanda for 10 weeks last year due to visa issues and the fact my company lost my passport Sad 2010 RRS, TDV8
bali Blue / colour coded
side steps / flappy paddles
black perforated leather
22" overfinch
heated everything, TV,fridge ...... now with gold calipers and mud flaps !( black mud flaps that is) !!
Many years ago,,,,, 1955 series 1 landie , sometimes wish I had kept it
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BKHK



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Luanda is not too bad compared with..........Lagos. I am so glad I don't ever have to go to West Africa anymore. What a dump.
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defender_uk



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you could be stuck in Scotland, with the interminable referendum!!
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Danny.H



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Hmm I think I'll stick with the North Sea, 17 years and I've managed to avoid Africa Thumbs Up 2007 RRS 2.7 HSE - Java Black
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jim4244



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Paul I'm nowhere near Jeddah so can't comment.

I have been rotating here for 4 years and would go back to West Africa tomorrow.........

Jim
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RRSTDV8



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Paulcp wrote:
Nothing wrong with Saudi unless you believe the Internet types views who have never been!

Except for the twisted version of Islam that they're spending lots of money spreading around the world... 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed
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Paulcp



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Well that just proves my point Thumbs Up People read the Internet then believe what they read.

When you've actually experienced something you can then comment with knowledge!
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rigpig100



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Fish wrote:
I feel your pain! Stuck offshore Angola till the 30th Big Cry

Which rig are you on ?, i am on the BBLT.
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RRSTDV8



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Paulcp wrote:
Well that just proves my point Thumbs Up People read the Internet then believe what they read.

When you've actually experienced something you can then comment with knowledge!

I've been involved with some Islamic institutions that are being funded in the UK from Saudi. I'm well aware of the reasons behind what they are doing, thanks. Wahhabism, the official Islam of Saudi Arabia, is an ultra-conservative interpretation of Islam and is where you find lots of the stuff that the West finds unpleasant/abhorrent - mainly because it's an attempt to be as close to the original Islam as possible and so is basically Medieval in its attitude to people. Indeed, it's reminiscient of the type of puritanical religious intolerance that Europe lived through at various times in the Medieval period. Think "Inquisitons" and then think "Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice". Same horse, different jockey. Both about enforcing one particular version of a religion in order to maintain control and thus power. Saudi's exporting Wahhabism around the world today is no different to the Vatican exporting Catholicism around the world over the years. The outcome is the same too - misery for many but power for the few. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

I'm sure being a foreign man getting paid handsomely (and no doubt tax-free) for your services, Saudi is a great place to be. Just like South Africa was back in the days of apartheid - I worked with people who were there then and said how great a life it was. For them, of course.

I'd no more want to be a woman in Saudi Arabia than I would have wanted to be "black" in apartheid South Africa... 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
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Paulcp



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You have to be there to know what the place is really like. I was fortunate that I was based in Jeddah (returned back to the UK last year). Saudi is a split nation, the west being more cosmopolitan and open minded than the east. Many Saudis will willingly point out that no part of Islam promotes aggression, neither does it promote many of the so called restrictions which people perceive Saudi to have.

There is a fine line between religion, custom and traditions, and it is this fine line which much of the Middle East is struggling to come to terms with.

My wife didn't mind being there, she was treated with the upmost respect by locals and other, non European, ex-pats. However, unfortunately, Saudi is also occupied by many other ME & East African citizens and that is where the problems start! Not many Saudis are poor, they are looked after well by the state, but there are many people living there who are basically slaves albeit there options back in there own countries are probably much worse.

It's a changing place with the development of new cities where women do drive and not wear Abayas. However it won't chage radically overnight and will end up being a more split country than it currently is. Living there opens your eyes to the real Saudi and what the current King is striving to achieve, being involved in one aspect from afar will not allow such an insight.
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