Home sweet broom closet
Ξ October 24th, 2006 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Middle East |
Well, Tera and I are finally out of tents and moved into our room. It’s pretty tiny (you could probably fit 4 single beds in sideways leaving no room to walk & barely open the door), but it’s not a tent and were together. It’s not the Hilton, but will be more than adequate to get us through this coming year. I saw my breath this morning, it’s starting to get a bit frosty around here. The tents had heaters, but still, I wouldn’t want to be stuck in a tent for the winter (they are tearing them down soon, unsurprisingly).
I just recovered from the Kwaj Kabul Krud, and it looks like Tera is fighting it now. I’ve been hit with a flu or cold twice now, this is Tera’s first. Given the 38 hours of traveling the first time and finally getting acclimated to the local conditions I think we could be doing a lot worse.
Afghanis still haven’t quite mastered the art of indoor plumbing unfortunately. The frequent lack of traps in drains can lead to some less than pleasant smelling buildings/rooms. The toilets also flush down and to the front rather than down and to the back, which leaves them prone to skid marks.
The Afghanis I’ve met and pass every day are pretty friendly, or at least stoically indifferent, which I guess is the stereotype. Tera has been learning a few phrases in Dari, I’ll probably try and pick up some of the basic pleasantries myself here soon.
Work is pretty good and should be as rewarding as anywhere else I’ve been. I’ll be doing more or less the same thing I have been in the past, a little less systems engineering, more systems administration and actually a fair bit of Cisco/networking stuff.