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| Most people have no idea where Equatorial Guinea is located. I didn't either. So here is a little geography lesson. EG is wedged in between Cameroon and Gabon in westen Africa. | |
| The country is comprised of the mainland, called Rio Muni, and Bioko Island, which is where I worked. The capital of EG is Malabo. | |
| Here is a pic of Malabo. | |
| Mt. Pico, a volcano, rises above Malabo and the Marathon plant. | |
| The place I worked was called Punta Europa, which encompassed a number of petrochemical processing facilities. Here is a shot from a satellite at about 400 miles above the earth. The little reddish dots on the right were our living quarters. | |
| We lived near the plant. Here is a shot of the housing neighborhood where the permanent residents lived. | |
| We worked 28 straight days, 12-14 hours a day. Then we could go home for 28 days. It was hell working but sure nice to have a month off. We were called "rotators" and had special, basic housing. Here are the facilities. | |
| This is the inside of my place, the common area. | |
| A pic of the kitchen. Pretty basic. | |
| Here is a shot of the plant. | |
| Here is a shot of what was called the gas plant. | |
| Barry and Georgina, two colleagues | |
| Another shot of the plant and Barry and Georgina, walking to lunch. | |
| Here is a shot of the store on the plant where you could buy basic stuff. Not much, but plenty of booze! | |