| Shekou, China July 1997 |
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| The point of our trip to China was to train the
drilling people to use the latest version of DIMS. That was the
software I used to support. We trained in the office for two days, then went
out on the rig for two days. That was very exciting! |
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| At lunch with my students: Zhang (fish head guy), Cindy, ____, John, | Ceasar, Wang, Leon, and Dong |
| This was the meal when they tried to honor me by offering me the fish head to eat. I had to be a rude American and decline, so Zhang anxiously gobbled it up. Ick!
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| Another lunch with friends. | My new friend Wang, all smiles. |
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| Our hotel to the far left, and a view of the
area. |
My hotel room. The site of my first
"hairdryer massacre." Turns out you need both a plug adapter and a voltage converter. |
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| Street scenes on a shopping trip with Julie | |
 Anyone hungry for a snack? |
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| The "Feeling Disco" which was conveniently located near the office. | |
 The helicopter we took for a LONG way over the South China Sea. |
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| A view of Shekou from the 'copter | |
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| This is the first of two rigs I visited, the
Xijiang 30-2. I spent the night on this rig, it was a really nice one. |
Me on the rig |
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| Me & Julie in the helicopter on the ride back | More views from the sky |
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| This is me and my good friend Julie. We had worked together via phone and e-mail for years, but this was our first meeting. She turned out to be a very good friend and got to visit us in Bartlesville later on as well. | |
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| On our last night, Julie took us to "Splendid China." It was an amusement-park sort of place that represented all the areas of China. | |
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| Here we are, ready for the big show at the end of the night. | Part of the show |
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Acrobats on stilts. Because being an acrobat just wasn't hard enough. |
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| More action on stilts | |
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| Part of the Grand Finale | |
