Apologies!

Sorry for the lack of fresh content folks, I have been busy lately and that is a good thing. Busy generally makes time fly by and in this particular case it has! It hard to believe that it has been a month already since I left Canada. Although my first month on the ground has been eventful I can really only comment on one particular change since my previous tour; the temperature.

From 11am until 4 pm the temperature is ideal, it may even reach a high of 20 degrees Celsius! But when the sun goes down so does the temperature....drastically. It gets well bellow freezing every night and I can assure you it has made for some unpleasant late nights and early mornings. I would never have imagined I would be worried about freezing to death in Afghanistan!

This afternoon 2 of my buddies played a game of cricket with our interpreters. I will post some pictures of the game as soon as I edit the photos (I will need to black out the faces of our interpreters for their protection). I highly doubt there are any terrorists reading this blog........

A few pictures....

My new girlfriend"Aggie" keeps me company in the back of U.S. Army Combat Vehicle. Aggie is a working dog who is trained to sniff for explosives. She protects the lives of many of us on a daily basis... the price for such selfless loyalty? Nothing more then attention and maybe a small treat! This particular road move was long and terribly cold. Not a happy camper!