Kabul

Small Joys

April 14, 2011 Uncategorized

Back from Baghlan. In anticipation of coming posts that will be longer and actually talk about what I did, let me just say for now that: 1. I never thought one of the best hot showers I would have in my life would be in Afghanistan. 2. If you are not religious, a good way to cure that is to suffer from diarrhea all week long and then have a very long drive ahead of you with the potential toRead More

ok, im awake now

April 3, 2011 Reflections

I just had that moment hit me, finally. It took me two weeks of being here, it wasn’t until a few minutes ago while I was standing on the roof of our new guesthouse that I felt the full force of reality: I’m living in Afghanistan. Since I landed, these past 14 days have been spent shuttling back and forth through traffic from my room to the office, stuck indoors and on the street level for about 99% of theRead More