Since I'm not able to get out and about yet I have some pictures of where I work. Our offices are back in a corner lot behind a large cement batching plant. It area has been cleared of trees and brush to keep the snakes, animals, and mosquitoes away. This time of year start the hot rainy season. The humidity is high and the mosquitoes are thick after 6pm. All of our cloths are specially treated with a chemical to repel mosquitoes and other insects.
This is looking East to the sunrise toward the batching plant in front of our area. The company is Wagner Construction from Australia.
Here is our offices and yard where I work. Were we are located we get a breeze of the ocean cooling it down a bit. Today was not bad, only got to 94 degrees.
This is our equipment yard where we store our rental equipment. We supply other contractors with drivers and equipment on an as needed basis. We have a crew of 50 employees working on five different job sites in the area. Some of the crew I have never met because of their location.
This is looking through one end of the shop area. We do welding, parts fabracation and repairs for our equipment and others.
Today we poured a new concrete pad and walkways near the shop. Here are a few guys we pulled in to work the concrete. We hire mainly nationals for our work crews. The average pay is nine Kina per hour and there are a couple of foremen that get fifteen Kina per hour. One Kina is equal to .43 cents US. So the average is $3.87 per hour. The guy in the blue shirt and white hat is "Chet" our boss.
And here's my buddy Jodan. He is our purchasing agent in the office. Jodan lives in the city now but came from a tribe far back in the mountains. Up until 20 years ago he had never seen a white person, a car, or a city. He has some real interesting stories about his life.
It's 8:30pm and 85 degrees. Time for bed. We work 7 days a week here with a short day on Sunday. WHOOOO ! get to rest tomorrow.
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Have a good day tomorrow!
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