so im in afghanistan.
this is my third day. its so crazy to be here hanging out with miss gaby.. she is so beautiful..and i have had so much fun hanging out with her friends.. they are so cool, and amazingly passionate about this country and seeing it be transformed.
first impressions... it is HOTT and dry.. and dusty.. but very fun.
im sitting here eating afghan style pizza. its mushrom and tomato.. tasty. we have had many adventures. today we went to the Kabul Zoo and were more of an attraction than the animals. people were taking photos of us. it was fun though. we decided to test to see if people were just following us so the 5 of us walked over and started looking and taking photos of a wall. a whole group of afghans followed us and were watching it too. so funny.
yesterday we had a bit of a tour of Kabul, and drove around alot. it sucks cause being a woman you have to wear so much clothes, and when it is so hot its the last thing you want to do. Come the afternoon i wasnt feeling well, mix of altitude, dehydration and heat (from wearing so much clothes). but a few tablets cured me.. The funny thing a client of the organisations gaby works for was thowing a party, and we were invited.. We had just got there and i want feeling well, so were going to leave and take me home. we went to say goodbye to the host and he would not let us go. so we had to stay for more time as in afghan culture it is shamefull on the host if we leave before eating. The food was so slow coming, but as i said after i had some medicine i was feeling better. Then when we wanted to actually leave i had to pretend to be sick again, and even then they didnt want josh to take us home, and wanted him to stay and a driver take us. We talked our way out of it and just left, but was the the hardest party ever to leave.
Driving is adventurous, as there are no rules at all. There is no lines to create lanes or even sides of the road so the driver will drive and honk their horns to warn people and get through safely. Despite the crazyness of it all i feel very safe and all the drivers are very good (dont worry mum :D). I do not feel scared at all here. only once have i been shocked, and that was only for a second. we were driving and a military convoy was going past and a guy on the back was holding a gun yelling for us to move back and pull over. We pulled over, they drove off and all was fine..
The weekend here is on Friday, and so everyone is out today. (only one day, how crazy). So we have the meeting today *wink*. haha. Im very excited to experience it, and see more about Gabys life.
anyway i should get back socialising with the others, but having so much fun, and not seeing much military at all, (except choppers in the sky).. i feel very safe..
love you all..
especially you jacqueline
this is my third day. its so crazy to be here hanging out with miss gaby.. she is so beautiful..and i have had so much fun hanging out with her friends.. they are so cool, and amazingly passionate about this country and seeing it be transformed.
first impressions... it is HOTT and dry.. and dusty.. but very fun.
im sitting here eating afghan style pizza. its mushrom and tomato.. tasty. we have had many adventures. today we went to the Kabul Zoo and were more of an attraction than the animals. people were taking photos of us. it was fun though. we decided to test to see if people were just following us so the 5 of us walked over and started looking and taking photos of a wall. a whole group of afghans followed us and were watching it too. so funny.
yesterday we had a bit of a tour of Kabul, and drove around alot. it sucks cause being a woman you have to wear so much clothes, and when it is so hot its the last thing you want to do. Come the afternoon i wasnt feeling well, mix of altitude, dehydration and heat (from wearing so much clothes). but a few tablets cured me.. The funny thing a client of the organisations gaby works for was thowing a party, and we were invited.. We had just got there and i want feeling well, so were going to leave and take me home. we went to say goodbye to the host and he would not let us go. so we had to stay for more time as in afghan culture it is shamefull on the host if we leave before eating. The food was so slow coming, but as i said after i had some medicine i was feeling better. Then when we wanted to actually leave i had to pretend to be sick again, and even then they didnt want josh to take us home, and wanted him to stay and a driver take us. We talked our way out of it and just left, but was the the hardest party ever to leave.
Driving is adventurous, as there are no rules at all. There is no lines to create lanes or even sides of the road so the driver will drive and honk their horns to warn people and get through safely. Despite the crazyness of it all i feel very safe and all the drivers are very good (dont worry mum :D). I do not feel scared at all here. only once have i been shocked, and that was only for a second. we were driving and a military convoy was going past and a guy on the back was holding a gun yelling for us to move back and pull over. We pulled over, they drove off and all was fine..
The weekend here is on Friday, and so everyone is out today. (only one day, how crazy). So we have the meeting today *wink*. haha. Im very excited to experience it, and see more about Gabys life.
anyway i should get back socialising with the others, but having so much fun, and not seeing much military at all, (except choppers in the sky).. i feel very safe..
love you all..
especially you jacqueline
3 comments:
That's great Kimmy, what an amazing experience. Mum xxx
So glad you are having a good time and you're safe!!! Sounds like SUCH anadventure!! Can't wait to check out more piccies soon!
yah! sounds heaps fun.
I love arab country's - i have such an affinity for them! Was talking to Jo Hopping the other day and we decided I should go live in afganistan. or maybe Israel - as this is infinity better. hrm?
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