So today is my last day in Kazakhstan for this rotation. I honestly can't believe that I have been here for three weeks already. It's hard to believe that time can fly by that quickly, but I suppose when you work 12 hour days 7 days a week, it's hard not to. I must say that I really enjoyed my time here. Outside of the language barrier, the Kazakh people are really great. They have a wonderful sense of humor much like we do, they are a very hard working group of people, and surprisingly enjoy very similar movies and music that we do back in the United States. This has left me looking forward to my next rotation when I come back in August.
With all of my training and turnaround preparation behind me now, I can use my last day to tie up a few loose ends before I leave. I did one last walk of all of my engineering jobs in my area so I can remember where they all are and what they all entail. I was also able to witness the delivery of the material for my largest job. I feel pretty confident that there isn't too much more preparation I can do before I leave.
And now I get to start my first big international vacation! And of course I have to start it with a red-eye flight out of Atyrau to Almaty that leaves at 11 pm and arrives at 4 am! Fun times for me! After that I fly into Bangkok, and then into Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) where I will land around 8 pm. Needless to say it is going to be a long day of travel. So to cap off my first rotation in Kazakhstan, I decide to grab a few beers with a couple of my fellow expats, Bill and Mark, from our Richmond Refinery. After a little while, we are actually joined by some more expats that had just flown in from the US from Richmond, Pascagoula, and finally from El Segundo. It was really nice to see a few more familiar faces before I left. My departure time arrived far too quickly. So now I'm off to explore Southeast Asia on my first solo trip. Here goes nothing!!
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