Winter Camping - circa 1998 |
Winter - the primordial mountain season. In order to prove your mettle as a resident of these Rocky Mountains, one must take the bold step and spend the night hunkered down outside, exposed to the s...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:12:00 GMT |
Leaving Afghanistan, February 2005 |
Final Afghan UpdateWhen I left Atlanta to return again to Afghanistan, I had a feeling of dread and anxiety. Arriving in Dubai, I had to overnight before my ongoing flight. Dubai is considered a city ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 May 2006 19:59:00 GMT |
Afghanistan, Dec-Jan 2004/05 |
Re-entry and re-export.Flying out of Kabul, mid-December and the feeling is nothing but extreme relief. In typical UN fashion, the flight from Kabul to Dubai was delayed purposely by 6 hours due to th...
Posted by on Wed, 17 May 2006 18:53:00 GMT |
Afghanistan, November 2004 |
I left for Bamyan last Thursday in a 10-seater UN prop plane. The flight over the mountains was similar to the Denver Aspen hop, 25 minutes over peaks so close below you that it felt as if you could ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 May 2006 10:37:00 GMT |
Afghanistan, Oct 2004 |
Arriving in Kabul is like stepping back in time. The UN Humanitarian Air Services flight from Dubai was on a 60's vintage DC 9. You hit the ground in Kabul and are met by buses "Donated by the people ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 May 2006 20:12:00 GMT |
