Parwan

Hi Kiddies,
Went to Parwan district today to see a great midwifery program that IMC runs, funded by the World Bank. I'm going to go out to dinner and to a bar so can't post much now. Believe me, it hurts me just as much as you. I'm bursting with things to tell you, and pictures to share. So far, I really love Afghanistan. Everything to me is a really great photo or moment frozen in time. I'll post a few here. Kabul has a really interesting pulse, and the more I see of the city, the more I like. Hopefully will do some shopping and sightseeing this weekend. Friday and Saturday are the weekend days here, so I plan on posting a bunch then.


Here are some photos from both on the way to Parwan, and in the main town, whose name I forgot. The one with the camels are nomads called Koochies (phonetically spelled.) The photo up top is an example of the mud that all the houses and walls are built out of all over the place, even in Kabul. The two kids by the bikes are just that. And the man with the bikes actually is sewing on a sewing machine, if you look closely you can tell. Bikes are all over Kabul, everyone and their grandfather (not grandmother--no women) are on bikes. Burkas are all over the place too. I would say about 40% of women I see on the street are in burkhas.
The one with the car is for you, Ruby. Its called, "Would'ya get in the boot?!" (Which is what Ruby and I would say to cute men while we were tearing around Wales.-boot means trunk in the UK and Aus.)