re: Anyone working in Africa?

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I'd have to get paid a TON to work there

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You do. I think I'd get my salary plus a 70% bonus. Still, even at over 200k a year and working 35 days on, 35 days back home doing nothing, I don't think I could ever do it.

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I work 28/14 right now with a 10 month old son

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Another reason I couldn't do it. I have an office job, but our offshore guys don't have a set schedule. They catch jobs as they come up (service company). When we got really busy and were understaffed with experienced guys, it was a nightmare for some. I went on a training job with a guy about 5 years older than me. He had a 3 month old. He had only been home for 3 full days since she was born. He'd come in for a night every now and again, but was off on his next job the next day. He quit soon after that. That pretty much solidified me never working offshore for my current company at least.

I commissioned a couple of platforms off of the coast of Gabon last year. 6 weeks, and every week there was some new threat of Ebola shutting down the boarders of the US.

frick that. Never again. Good luck and hurry home.

Im offshore Kazakhstan... Not the best but after this well this project is done

Ya, I wouldn't particularly mind a 3rd world country for a little while for that dough. I find it interesting.

Of course if you don't get to leave and check out countries near by that would be a drag.

I think I would really enjoy it.

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How's the food?

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French cuisine where I am. I bought some fresh blue crabs and boiled them up last weekend. They are nearly double the size of the crabs in LA. The pincers are more than twice the size.

I was in Papua New Guinea last year........talk about a shite hole. Beautiful country tho

I'm considering a trip to Sao Tomea and Principe this year. It looks pretty nice.