Mmmmm....

This is water directly out of my faucet. An no, that is not a brown container. My water filter has been getting a workout lately.

The foreigner stare

As a foregner living in Azerbaijan I get stared at, a lot, everyday, blatantly, by everyone. I've gotten used to it somewhat and wearing sunglasses helps because then I stare back no problem. I have noticed though that in my integration into this culture I have bgun t stare at foreigners too. Mostly I just wonder "what the hell are you doing in Azerbaijan?" because it isn't like I'm living in a top resort destination over here. As I write this I am sitting in the office of an intenational organization and there are a buch of Americans here that I don't know and I can't help but sare at them as they have their meeting. Why oh why are you in Quba? I'm prett sure they are wondering the exact same thing about me.

Dragon Attack!

Quba has dragons!

Ispik yolu

Yeaterday since the weather was nice my sitemate Chris and I went walking up my road to the village of Ispik. It was a really nice walk despite some extremely sunny hills. On the way we were stopped by a group of older men in the woods who fed us kababs and juice. By the time we got to Ispik there were storm clouds looming so we took a bus back. I'm pretty excited about the weather being nice enough for day hikes into the villages, summer is going to be great!

Moments

So as I was sitting in the Quba Olympic Complex typing up a press report for the International Women's Volleyball Federation after hanging out with the Ukranian embassador to Azerbaijan and cheering on team Israel I had another "how did I get here?" moment. These moments come every so often but this one was one of the more interesting ones.

In Quba...

We punch bulls!

Because I can