Compare to 20 years ago where facilities were pretty basic, nowadays life in a base camp is relatively comfortable. Staffs are accommodated in aircon cabin, the standard of catering are quite high, but most important of all is accessibility to internet and satellite TV. The desert area I am working on is quite a large area, in fact three times the size of Brunei! So driving around in this vast and empty land can be quite daunting and long.But for most part, the landscapes are quite drivable on the 4WD. The temperature in the last two days was quite pleasant at around 32 Deg. C though a bit windy with dust all around. A few weeks ago the temperature hit 50 Deg. C – that’s hot!
In this operation, we have some weird machines that looks like vehicles one associates with in the movie Space 1999. These are very expensive kits costing about US$250K each. They seemed to roam around the desert plain without any purpose but infact their paths have been well and trully meticulously planned.
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