Working as a geoelectrical surveyor in the Northern Rif Mountains of Morocco.

Living in Midar with a mix of German squatter punks (like me) and geophysics students (not like me) from the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg. Driving out to work in the desert every day in big Land Cruisers, listening to Pil and the Funboy 3 at top volume. When we arrived in Morocco we didn't have enough cash to bribe the customs officials to let the measuring equipment through, so the first month was spent roaming around Tangier with no money, putting everything on room service. Half-way through the job I got into a relationship with Brigitte Vogelgesang (Brigitte Birdsong - her real name). I was 20, she was 34 - every young man should be so lucky.