Day 3 - May 29th, 2006

Making up for a lack of photos yesterday

Early morning view from the hotel room:

The room itself is very comfortable:

IBM buys the crew breakfast each morning.
Today, JT had papaya, pineapple, melon, bacon, a rice cake that was made with
rice, nuts,spices and vegtables, and then sweet cake:

But, apparently he did not look full, because the server then brought him
a tomato and cheese omelet with a side of beans:

In a few days, the event space won't look anything like this:

More shots of the truck that delivered the flypak. It's festooned with paint and other things.
He was told this was to ward off evil spirits:

Generator operators are the same the world over.
They can sleep anywhere, at any time:

The truck information:

Though I'm sure it doesn't take any notice of how BALD the tires are.
These tires hauled the flypak over muddy and mountainous roads, taking 12 hours to get there.
Maybe the paint and charms work:

Shot of the crew:

The horses, of course, didn't have to worry about anything:

The yard looks much the same the world over:

The lunch menu. The crew is certainly eating well:

JT went with the Moroccan fish stew and the subz bahaar with a cold cucumber soup
that he said had just enough spice to tickle the back of his throat:

More equipment. This will cool the space off:

A storm moved in and out fast. For a while, JT and the operators were huddled underneath
a truck, waiting for it to pass. There wasn't anything they could do in it.
This was taken just before it began to storm:

Something about this truck caught JT's attention. I'll have to ask:

The drive back to the hotel:

Dinner was from room service: chicken dumpling chowder soup, mangalore prawn curry,
fruit salad, papadum and two King Fisher beers
(all for less than $30USD.):

Keep in mind that this is a full sized dinner plate. Each of these prawns
is nearly as big as a child's fist: