To tired to write much

Well I wrote a whole long post last night, but evidently it didn't post? Anyway, we got into Kabul Saturday at 7am. The plane was a little late taking off because "they don't let civilian planes land before sunrise in Kabul" Well, during the descent practically SKIMMING huge beautiful, craggy, snowy mountains, I am pretty glad the pilot had the most visibility possible. It was beautiful, but a little harrowing.

So far so good, my hotel used some pretty tricky photography on its website to make it not look itsy bitsy. It is pretty itsy bitsy, but is very safe, has plenty of hot water, and good breakfast (naan, grilled tomatoes and scrambled eggs? I love this country.)

My security-department-issued cell phone has thus far received 5 spam text messages. Awesome.

I have been the most popular person in the office today, I bought a two pound bag of chocolates in the Duty Free shop in Dubai. The darling cleaning lady stuck her head back in my office about five minutes after I first offered her one and I eventually figured out she was asking if she could take a couple more for her kids. It is amazing how much English everyone speaks, I am able to get by in conversations with almost everyone who works for the company or hotel. I had lunch with a bunch of women in the office today, who taught me some Dari. The office has a cook that makes lunch for $1.80 every day, today was some sort of meat (Lamb? Beef?) and potatoes in a sauce over rice. Delicious. I am looking forward to my daily cheap, gourmet meal, with free language lessons.