Strange Places You Have Been.

Darrin · 17-03-2008, 18:49

Me?

Dubai long before it could have been considered a tourist area. It was a dump back then.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They weren't too interesting until word got out amongst the locals that I was Canadian (versus those American thugs on the navy ship, which I was one of but didn't offer that little fact up). Then things got quite nice. I was invited to several people's houses for sake and such, but declined them all.

Olongapo, Phillipines. Better known as Subic Bay. (14*50'00"N - 120*12'00"E for those looking on Google Earth) Got to see it immediately after Clark Air Force base got wiped out by Mt Pinatubo. Our battle group was the evacuation task force for both Clark and Subic. Was my 2nd experience with an erupting volcano. The first being Mt St Helens of course.

Diego Garcia. A very strange place. A tiny little island surrounding a lagoon out in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Nothing more than a logistics stop for military.

I'll be showing my age with this one, but I worked at the World Exposition in Vancouver, British Columbia. Now, nothing unusual about Vancouver except there is absolutely NOTHING left of where I worked. There's a multi-story apartment complex building that's fully occupied and considered "old" now on the exact locale of my employment. (49*16'17.62"N - 123*07'16.88"W) (http://www.mainframe.org/photos/expo86/expo112x.jpg what it looked like when I worked there).

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Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	Me? Dubai long before it could have been considered a tourist area. It was a dump back then. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They weren't too interesting until word got out amongst the locals that I was Canadian (versus those American thugs on the navy ship, which I was one of but didn't offer that little fact up). Then things got quite nice. I was invited to several people's houses for sake and such, but declined them all. Olongapo, Phillipines. Better known as Subic Bay. (1450'00"N - 12012'00"E for those looking on Google Earth) Got to see it immediately after Clark Air Force base got wiped out by Mt Pinatubo. Our battle group was the evacuation task force for both Clark and Subic. Was my 2nd experience with an erupting volcano. The first being Mt St Helens of course. Diego Garcia. A very strange place. A tiny little island surrounding a lagoon out in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Nothing more than a logistics stop for military. I'll be showing my age with this one, but I worked at the World Exposition in Vancouver, British Columbia. Now, nothing unusual about Vancouver except there is absolutely NOTHING left of where I worked. There's a multi-story apartment complex building that's fully occupied and considered "old" now on the exact locale of my employment. (4916'17.62"N - 12307'16.88"W) (http://www.mainframe.org/photos/expo86/expo112x.jpg what it looked like when I worked there). __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern". Last edited by Darrin; 17-03-2008 at 18:51.