I spent today in the mountains of Parwan province near a town called Nawaj -- it's the one on the hill. The locals just finished rebuilding that bridge with money from the coalition, so they threw a small "thank you" ceremony which included ...
... lunch for everyone! On the menu was lamb, some unitentifiable meatball type product, some rice mixed with dates and marberries (think blackberries, but not bitter). Pictured here are some of the village elders and the governor of the province, along with some military folks. I chatted with a 24-year-old Afghan interpreter who spent several years in Pakistan as a refugee and called the sheep with big rumps all around the area "J Lo sheep."
It was very cool, and unlike this military base it was also very beautiful. Think the Poconos with fewer trees and many more Afgans. We'll have a write up in the paper on Thursday.
4 comments:
Very cool! Love the pictures!!!! Dad and your sisters enjoyed talking to you today. I am enjoying the blog postings. Take care of yourself. Much love!
hey, you can take a good picture... the bridge pic in particular is really good! can't wait to see more...
Glad you are safe and sound...but come on, you didn't take those pictures, you found them at the local 7-11 on the postcard rack and Photoshopped them in here! Anywho, not that it matters, I figure since you have access to upload pics and all, you know that the National League will NOT have home field advantage once again this year for the World Series....not that we care, right? Go Birds...
Oh yeah, I heard. I even got up at 2am to see if anyone in this country would care enough to watch the game. Apparently, it was only me.
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