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Afghanistan, Week 9, 10

bppopkin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:10:51 +0000

Week nine
in a land of now serious dust and optimistic flies, Afghanistan – Saturday, 10 April 2010

WARING: immature, adult, nonsensical, sarcastic and generally crappy language, content, themes

You can be young only once, but you can be immature your whole life.

Afghanistan, Week 5, 6, 7, 8

bppopkin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:31:17 +0000

Week five
in a land of snow, rain, mud, conflict, Afghanistan – Saturday, 13 March 2010

From Laura V. Imburgia, October 2009. Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Department of Horticulture, The Fruit Tree Nursery Industry of Afghanistan, Training Series 1: The Mother Stock Nursery, Manual 2, Sponsored by the Perennial Horticulture Development Project, European Commission – EuroAid/Asie/2006/119984, A project funded by the European Union.

Afghanistan: Snow, rain, mud, conflict

bppopkin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:26:02 +0000

Week four
In a land of snow, rain, mud, conflict, Afghanistan – Saturday, 6 March 2010

Okay, you Fibonacci stock speculators. What do the numbers 90 98 99 100 101 103 104 105 106 108 109 110 111 112 114 115 116 199 200 201 202 203 210 211 212 215 216 250 251 252 253 254 300 301 308 313 317 318 323 351 401 408… 3730 3740 3750 3780 have in common?

Arriving in Kabul

bppopkin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:32:47 +0000

Week Three
In a land in conflict, Afghanistan – Saturday, 27 February 2010

Military aircraft runway on native soil with thin crushed, slightly compacted gravel cover, very windy, dust storm noon flight to Kabul from Farah. Stalled take-off as we wait boarding of repair flight equipment to our Raytheon Aircraft Beech 1900 D Airliner. In the military briefing, I overhear communications are e-blocked by insurgents. I hear spiral flight maneuvers are being tracked by US military for possible suicide flights. So beware of friendly fire, we are told.

Afghanistan: In a land in conflict

bppopkin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:14:12 +0000

Farah-compound support staff gals at lunch, with their permission

Week 1 Week 2

Afghanistan: Land of seasonal but serious snow

bppopkin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:40:23 +0000

I am an American environmental engineer on a short-term technical assistance assignment in Afghanistan. I am writing about my personal experiences which do not represent the views of any government, agency, organization, or others. I specialize in environmental, sanitation, solid and hazardous waste, international development, water resources, water supply, water and wastewater treatment, and related areas. I thought my blog might interest your readers. I have been sending out such comments for ten years to 100 to 200 pals.