Today we went to the "Safest place in Afghanistan" It was actually quite fun because for about 5 hours we sat and chatted with some Afghans, one of these Afghans in his mid-thirties even claimed to have killed Russians with the Moujahidine, and then recently he killed 9 Taliban in Panjawi before moving to the "Safest place in Afghanistan". Despite his crazy stories he was a joker and he seemed like a pretty cool guy. Long minutes passed of both parties being completely lost in translation until we eventually understood each other by using the universeral language of hand signalss and pointing. When this didn't work some of the kids who had very very basic English skills would do there best to translate for the us.
We chatted with kids alot and even profitted by taking some photos, the kids loved the camera, it blew their minds when we showed them the results on the LCD screen. For them that was a rare treat.
Canadian Birds...
What was that coordinate again??
Kids....
This one was camera shy at first....
Relaxing, this is the first time I met these guys but apparently we are best buds. (Yes it was Thursday but I made it very clear to them that I was "off the market")
More kids coming to see what all the fuss is about.
Doing the "Pedler" ...some of my best work.
Those kids are the cutest.
ReplyDeleteCute??? HA! Maybe until they are stealing shit from your pockets or assaulting you because you were kind enough to give one of them a pen or a frozen bottle of water! Not to forget them trying to fiddle with your weapons as you are fending them off on the other side... But my personal favorite, and I'm sure Brent can attest to this is hearing the little buggers, who can't write in their own language but are capable of spitting out F-you American in broken English...
ReplyDeleteOh yes Cute... definitely! HaHa