Diego Garcia

I came to Diego Garcia January 15, 2004 from South Dakota. Travel to the island began January 13th and my contract as a Satellite Communications Technician runs through January 13, 2005. Getting here was quite a journey. I flew, via United Airlines, from Sioux Falls, SD, to Denver, CO, then to Los Angeles, CA. From LA I flew, via Philippine Airlines 747, to Honolulu, HI, and to Manila, PI. From Manila I flew to Singapore, where I transferred to a military DC-8 for the final leg of the journey to Diego Garcia. Diego Garcia is an island in the Chagos chain of islands, located about 7 degrees south of the equator in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The island is part of BIOT (the British Indian Ocean Territory).

I will put a variety of pictures in this 'photo album' of some of the people and island scenes that I encountered, while camera was in hand, during the 2004-2005 season. The pictures were taken with my Canon Digital Elph Power Shot S400. It is a 4.0 Mega-Pixel camera. I usually use the 'medium' resolution.

Facility Hours
Post Office	Community Bank	NFCU	Check-It-Out
Ship's Store Wed. to Mon. 1000 to 2100	Cable & Wireless 246-370-9000 246-370-9903	Beach House	Video Rental
Pack N' Wrap/Gift Mon. to Sat. 1100 to 1900 Sun. & Holidays, closed	Mileage	Dining Facility	Library
New Gym	Calls to Fixed lines 60 cents rate 50 cents rate 1800-2359 0000-1759 $10 = 16 mins $10 = 20 mins $20 = 33 mins $20 = 40 mins $30 = 50 mins $30 = 60 mins	Calls to Mobiles 80 cents rate 70 cents rate 1800-2359 0000-1759 $10 = 12 mins $10 = 14 mins $20 = 25 mins $20 = 28 mins $30 = 37 mins $30 = 42 mins