Rohin Abroad

A gin and tonic (G&T), as far as I’m concerned, has 3 key ingredients: Gin, tonic and ice. G&Ts are on the podium of my favourite drinks, likely finishing a humble third after a Guinness and an Espresso Martini. Guinness is great - my go to drink when you’re at the pub and you’d like a hug. If you’re a regular Guinness drinker you’ll know it isn’t heavy, bitter or highly calorific. It is in fact the opposite of these. BUT there are times when Guinness isn’t the right drink, maybe I need some spice in my life or maybe, heaven forbid, there isn’t Guinness on tap. Often, I deflect to a G&T. To make a G&T you actually just put the three aforementioned ingredients in a glass and drink. Don’t hesitate to contact me if you need a mixologist in your life. G&Ts can be directly compared with Mining Engineering at Karouni Project in Guyana when considering proportions. This is the conclusion I have drawn after helping and shadowing the current mining engineer (Peter) for ...

Hi everyone, I thought I’d elaborate a little on what I’ve done so far in terms of actual “work”. Since writing the last entry, both mining engineers have been on their turnaround (their break after working for 6 weeks). I’ve instead been working with the survey department (not like questions, survey like mapping the area very accurately using various instruments) and the geologists. Coincidently I had messaged my mate Ollie about drones as we are both photography/tech geeks. I mentioned to him how I thought drones would help the mine out in a variety of ways. Ollie and I had spent much of this past year pining after a drone, both agreed on buying one the moment we had any disposable income (not soon). Two days later, I had just got back from the pit and I walked into the office to see a man showing Eric, the General Manager and Ken, the CEO a DJI Mavic Pro . I legitimately stopped for 10 seconds - Eric had seen my face. The Mavic Pro is the drone Ollie and I have probably c...

Hi everyone, I’m writing this as lots of people have so many questions about what I’m doing and what it is like so I thought I’d try and collect my thoughts in one place instead of sending sporadic and rushed WhatsApps. How are you? Yeh, alright. Nah, yeah I’m good! Hot and sweaty but good. So what is it like ? a) Camp Where to start? So I flew in from the coastal capital, Georgetown, in a small propeller plane with about 15 other people. We flew through the clouds and over the rainforest to the mine in about 40 minutes. The rainforest is incredibly humbling. Green, expansive and beautiful. From the dirt airstrip I was driven to camp where I’m going to stay for the next 8 weeks. I was given a small room following security searching my bags for drugs and/or hard liquor. My room has a single bed and an air-conditioning unit and that’s about it really. Frustratingly I’m going to have to move room a lot as I’m staying for a longer period than most people stay...