Sunday, August 16, 2009

AMOEBAS TEA AND THE HEADS OF LAMB




I almost stopped drinking coffee when I lived in Kabul.
Tea was poured and imbibed 24-7.
Tea, tea, tea.
Would you like some tea? Yes. More tea? Why of course.
It was the first thing you did when you visited anyone.
Tea, tea, tea.
No teasers...and, please...
NO COFFEE!

Amoebas and not the Taliban were THE ENEMY when I lived in Afghanistan.
Boil your water or you'll get Amoebiasis!
Boiling water was also something that was done 24-7.

Men carried the heads of lamb upon their own heads.
I never ate any of these heads.
This heady experience just didn't appeal to me.








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