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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai: Return to the Afghan Gotham
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai. Show me the way to the next whiskey bar. Oh don't ask why. Oh don't ask why.". Friday, March 10, 2006. Return to the Afghan Gotham. Before we get down to today’s business, I need to share a thought with you. How is it that the Broadband Wireless Connection in Dubai airport is slower than even our connection in Maymana office? Pulp on top. A beautiful sweet and sour contrast; positively one of the best salads I’ve had in Afghanistan ever. We went with two friend...
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai: July 2005
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai. Show me the way to the next whiskey bar. Oh don't ask why. Oh don't ask why.". Friday, July 29, 2005. The story of the Alpha One. The Alpha One is a funny little bird that was thought to have vanished from the mountains of Afghanistan, until two French zoologists in sandals, travelling on foot from Paris to Goa, rediscovered it after a nap in a mines field. Posted by Babs @ 11:06 AM. Thursday, July 28, 2005. Rule no. 7: These are a few of my favourite things.
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai: Fat and happy
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai. Show me the way to the next whiskey bar. Oh don't ask why. Oh don't ask why.". Sunday, February 19, 2006. Across the Atlantic it may not be quite so obvious, but in Europe I feel the weight barrier is still clearly running along social lines, with the scale clearly tipping towards the social underdog. But why is it, then, that in a place like Afghanistan the very opposite happens? Don't get me wrong, that. Posted by Babs @ 8:00 PM. Maybe i should re-title this ...
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai: Ze Plane of Love
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai. Show me the way to the next whiskey bar. Oh don't ask why. Oh don't ask why.". Saturday, March 18, 2006. Ze Plane of Love. So here I am, on the train going from Paris to Brussels. How is it, will you ask, that I am riding when many cheap flights could in fact have taken me straight to Brussels, therefore sparing me the hassle of luggage carrying between terminals and of seeing the train station, which I despise so much? Yeah love, my ass. Wow Don't hold abck an...
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai: A hypothetical problem
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai. Show me the way to the next whiskey bar. Oh don't ask why. Oh don't ask why.". Sunday, February 19, 2006. Simultaneously, deputy governor Z decides that he, on the other hand, wants the project to be implemented in the town C, because he receives a lot of letters from its inhabitants and, as it happens, the city in question is the head town of the province, where his comfy bum would be keen to embrace the governorate seat. Posted by Babs @ 8:43 PM.
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai: December 2005
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai. Show me the way to the next whiskey bar. Oh don't ask why. Oh don't ask why.". Sunday, December 25, 2005. Santa's stuck in the chimney. I take this opportunity between a gorgeous post-Xmas breakfast involving lots of croissants, pains au chocolat and cougnoux - some sweet bread with lumps of sugar and raisins in the shape of baby Jesus. The ultimate Belgian blasphemy. - as well as liters of coffee and a long walk or maybe a movie or both to wish ya all a. Anywa...
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai: November 2005
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai. Show me the way to the next whiskey bar. Oh don't ask why. Oh don't ask why.". Monday, November 28, 2005. Me, myself and I. Posted by Babs @ 10:54 PM. A little chilly maybe. Now, however, it's so toes-curling fucking freekish cold that I'm thinking of going to bed at 6 pm everyday and never getting up again. Or change country. Or both. If you're dealing in winterization programme in the region, please count me in as beneficiary! Posted by Babs @ 9:11 PM. It Som...
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai: August 2005
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai. Show me the way to the next whiskey bar. Oh don't ask why. Oh don't ask why.". Tuesday, August 09, 2005. Rule no. 9: What you really want is to live surrounded by donkeys and hills. On the down side, after almost 9 months in and around Kabul, I find I have met some pretty nice fellow friends and the perspective of leaving them simply breaks my heart. Admittedly, I will be back once a month or so thanks to coordination working groups in the capital! And of cours...
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai: Spring in Mudistan
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Life in the Field - The Way of the Samurai. Show me the way to the next whiskey bar. Oh don't ask why. Oh don't ask why.". Thursday, February 16, 2006. Anyhow, in its millenia-long history involving mostly grazing sheep, donkeys and camels traveling with bearded men to the bazaar and a few commanders, Maymana managed against all odds for the first ime ever to make it to the headlines of BBC and CNN! Posted by Babs @ 2:30 PM. View my complete profile. Diving back to Afghanistan. Santas stuck in the chimney.
