I was in Sudan for 3 months from Feb through to early May.
To be honest, I was quite dubious about going there – Sudan AND a Chinese crew.
Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised. The crew was BGC, which is an offshoot of BGP, and only operates in Sudan.
They were well organised and very professional. Accomodation and food was excellent – although some people might not agree about the food, but I like rice!.
The crew was an explosives crew, in the south west of Sudan. It is a pretty remote place, with scattered villages and nomads.
Apparently it suffered during the civil war, but I didn’t see any real signs of recent war, and the locals didn’t bother us too much.
The job itself went quite smoothly. We were concerned about the rains towards the end, but managed to finsh just as they hit.
All up it was a pleasant and satisfying job.