So after 20 days without a day off I managed to escape for a night. I got one of the base vehicles which was a Toyota SUV, stick and diesel so driving was not the normal vehicles I'm accustomed to having. Needless to say, anyone who know me can guess what happened on the way out.... I got lost and I suspect that I ended up in one of the Red zones where we're not supposed to be. I can't confirm where I was but let's just say I'm not too interested in going back there anytime soon if I can avoid it.
So we made it to the 5 Star hotel in this Fourth World country and it was nice to get back to some civilized conditions.... just laying around on a comfortable bed and having a bathroom that doesn't have to be shared with the general population was good.
So the evening consisted of the Sky Bar, the casino and the night club. It was a good time being out with the gang and just relaxing away from the Camp. Sunday was a good day after waking up and taking some aspirin we headed out to the pool; it's a great infinity edge pool right on the edge of the Red Sea. For being forward deployed to a combat zone,,, this is a pretty good deployment. Next Sunday should be a helo ride with the Marine Expeditionary Unit.
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