I passed my half-way point in February as most of the people I'd arrived with hopped on a plane headed home after their six months was up.
Since December, a few things have happened. Namely:
I've switched jobs. Now I work in the office that schedules aircraft to come down from Germany and fly passengers and cargo all over East Africa.
I got to fly around in a French helicopter to see a live fire exercise put on by the Foreign Legion.
I got to ride around in a C-12 (small twin turboprop plane) and see familiar places by air.
Shot some machine guns in the desert
Flew around in a rescue helicopter and pretended to be a downed air crew while the pilots practiced their landings.
Spent many unproductive hours in the office.
Read "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Visited Kenya
Rode crazy go karts that are faster than they should be.
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I was impressed with Nairobi, Kenya. Compared to Djibouti, Nairobi is 20 years in the future. Traffic and air pollution is horrible, but business is thriving and people appear to be leading productive lives.
I've fallen into a regular routine now. Djibouti is so small that once you've seen the sights, there's not much left to do. Some people go out every day but I don't have the energy or the desire to do that. Getting sacked by homeless people begging for money gets annoying quickly.
I wish I could say I'm doing more, but my job is very repetitive and predictable.
