[approximate stream of consciousness:
-this is just like Peshawar! It feels so good to be back!
-whatthefuckwasthat?? This is a totally strange and alien country.
-oh the food the smells the feel in the air, this is just like coming home!
-whaat?? the hell is going on??
-oh this is great, just like how I remembered everything!
-what's that? where am I? someone explain??]
[the town is hard at work re-constructing itself... the most incredible scaffolding!]"Az kojai? Uzbekistan?" [where you from? Uzbekistan?] some people keep insisting on asking.
Uzbekistan??
So so so so so. Look too foreign to be Afghan, but not foreign enough to be American.
Incidentally, I am vaguely pleased at how Finland's international profile has improved in the last few years. It always used to be: "Pinnland? What? You mean England?" Now it's: "Finland? Good! Nokia is best phone!"
[Nokia with Persian characters and predictive texting in Urdu and Arabic...]
