Twunts! I'd always allow a few hours on the ground before the engineers had to head back.
And if we set up everything, the tickets at that point were not refundable so they'd usually go, and take care of the odd maintenance tasks that are always needed.

This was only in the state of Hawaii, mind you, so it wasn't exactly exotic.... well. sorry.

We did enjoy their tales of mad drives up the coast to see waterfalls and lava flows before speeding to the airport to head home.
( kila is reading clocks upside-down as usual, Sat 16 Jul 2011, 10:02, 1 reply)

To Be Fair
I did eventually get to see a fair number of countries and cities. And the team, with the exception of the team-leader who was a red-neck, lazy cunt, were magic people to work with. Work was normally a joy.

And once I'd settled in and got down to do some real travelling, the boss would always lets us stay over a an extra night or so. And we got to take the local "eyes and hands" - non-techies who we'd sometimes use to talk them through things form base - out on the piss on the company Amex.

Good days...

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Sat 16 Jul 2011, 10:21, closed)