Were not in Kansas anymore Toto
Ξ October 2nd, 2006 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Middle East, PCS |
Well, Tera and I finally made it to Kuwait after a great deal of traveling. I must say, Ambien really helps make the plane ride go faster and beat the jet lag. As far as Kuwait, all I can say is wow, it’s really a desert & not terribly pleasant. Ya, I know surprise surprise and no duh! I wasn’t walking into this with my eyes shut or anything, but it’s absolutely nothing like I was expecting (not that I had any supremely coherent idea of what to expect). I’ve been to the desert in eastern Oregon, California & Arizona, and this is something entirely different. For reference, cut to the random CSI (the good original one) scene in the desert, take away 70-90% of the already sparse vegetation and add in a bit more sand kind of like the beach. It’s dusty here as a result, the air looks about as nasty as it does around LA, only this is from sand not smog (I think).
The Army mess halls so far have been decent, similar or higher quality to Kwaj with a little less day to day variety. For now were in a tent, think MASH with marginally insulated desert tan walls and an A/C unit at each end. It’s actually pretty cool in here tonight and I might regret having just sheets on the bed and no blanket.
There’s always a fine line between giving out info and OpSec (a.k.a being cool & informative vs. “I could tell you but then I’d have to shoot you†or more likely Al Queda comes and shoots me or some body else because I just told them how & where). I try to error on the side of caution, because I really don’t like being shot.
Well, anyways I’m writing this just before bed and will try and post it tomorrow. There are 2 unencrypted WiFi signals here I can see in the tent, but haven’t been able to connect to either for whatever reason.