Overseas Contracts
 

I'm about to head overseas on my first contract. Any one with advice, warnings, stories good or bad?

Whereabouts????
Africa, Asia, Europe ?????


JJ

India

Take lots of immodium!!

Are you going on a legit job? If not, make sure you don't do too much time between paychecks. If you are off to help out up in the north east stay low!
However, if you are doing a commercial op have fun and take along a buddy to service it.

1/ Have fun.
2/ If you're married have your regular pay put in the usual account, get your per diem put in another (your own) account.
3/ Travel with your own portable drug store, including a needle/syringe/suture kit.
4/ He who travels light is often stinky and is forever bumming stuff. Carry everything.
5/ Take lots of books.
6/ If it's a long contract ditch your apartment. (Bizarre but neccessary :) If you keep your apartment or house put oil in your toilet or cover it with plastic. If you don't the water in the pot will evaporate and the place will smell like a sewer for weeks after you get home.
7/ Don't push it, learn to sleep a lot, don't expect instant action from the locals.
8/ Don't get get-it-home-itis near the end. Keep your weather and mechanical standards high or you won't get home at all.
9/ You need a mechanic more than you need a co-pilot. A flying mechanic would be best.
10/ If you don't speak the language, learn. Get a phrase book if you can.
11/ Memorize your passport number. Find the number of the High Commision before you leave.
12/ A short stack of US bills never hurt.
13/ Get lots of maps. ONCs (US Operational Navigation Charts) are generally pretty good. WACs aren't.

Geez, I didn't mean for that stupid :) to appear. It was supposed to be a colon then a bracket.

thanks, Im gonna see if one of the hercs in E. Timor can detour to drop off toilet paper