I was looking at the map closely last night after I went to bed. You were right there, next to Iran. Was that not dangerous, flying around? Started reading about Baku and oil in Azerbaijan. First modern mechanically drilled oil well, pre-dating US. Wow. Everything I didn't know about oil :)
Also, the cats. Apparently it's a Muslim tradition, to treat cats well. There is a legend that Muhammad once cut off the sleeve of his robe so he wouldn't disturb his sleeping cat. The cat had fallen asleep on the robe.
Your blog was a fascinating introduction to a part of the world I never thought about very much.
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Yes, it is a bit dangerous.
Where isn't these days?
Paris is dangerous! Hell, Houston is dangerous! :)
My wife is currently in Kuwait City, hopefully coming back home next Friday just before Halloween for the kids....she is 55 miles from Iran :)
That is what we do. Someone gotta do it. I will be happy if someone else does it. Believe me I would be happy if someone else does it for us. But there is no one, so we are doing it...
I will be lying if I say we don't like it.
This is near Tashkent, Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan border.
Consider reading this book when you get a chance...
Written from a neutral perspective.
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