Bevl78

Ian Brand

46 / Male

Fishkill, New York, USA

About Bevl78

Member since 4th Aug 07

Citizenship: USA
Marital Status: Divorced
Occupation: Pilot
About Bevl78:

Born and raised in High Wycombe, England. Came to the US for pilot training in 1998 and managed to stay - no easy feat! Worked in Florida as a Flight Instructor for 6 years, then in Guyana for 6 months before moving to Concord, NC. In June 2008 moved to NY and worked the winter season that year in Tortola, BVI. Most of my travelling was done in the 1980's, Vietnam was in 1996. Plenty of places left to visit yet....

Hobbies:

British sports cars, Ducati motorcycles, flying, photography, music

Favourite places:

Guinea, Siwa Oasis (Egypt), Hoi An (Vietnam), Jerusalem (Israel), Hughenden Valley, England (home....)

Activity : photos (56) forum (0) guide (0) blog (1) diary (0) trips (3)

Latest Blog Entry

Guinea, West Africa, 1986

Posted by Bevl78 | 5th August 2007

OK, so here goes. First off let me make excuses! I did take notes on all my travels, but they're still home in the UK so this is all from memory, and this trip was in 1986! However, the photos were all taken by me and are not touched up in any way.

This was one of those "OK, twist my arm" type deals. I was working for a Temp agency in Aylesbury, Bucks and spent 4 weeks just inputing data for a company who ran a diamond mine in Guinea. About a month after I left, the agency called and told me that the tapes wouldn't transfer (no idea what the reason was), and the mine company wanted 4 of us to go out to Guinea and do it all again, all expenses paid - would I be interested? Needless to say I practically fell over, who wouldn't want an expenses paid trip to Africa?

We flew 1st class (1st & only time I ever have!) to Conakry, the capital, on a French airline (I forget which) and were checked in to the International Hotel for the night. I remember vividly the VERY bony fish soup, and

Continued | Guinea, West Africa, 1986