56 years

Well, England lost and a nation mourns. The GF is very cast down, a lover of football who has never seen his national team win. I at least saw Pakistan win at cricket when I was 11, so got that out of the way early, when it still mattered. We watched it on a rather […]

A deserted stadium

This morning, breakfast and then back to our room to wait for the worst heat of the afternoon to pass. The GF did his standing while I rested my fingers (napped). The around 2 we took the shuttle down to Selcuk and found ourselves a taxi to take us on today’s excursion. We went through […]

Exciting

Last night’s football was very exciting, and extrmeely amusing to see all these English people not quite daring to believe. I stayed in today, resting my hands and feet again, though I do think I’m nearly well. I hope the second vaccine dose doesn’t lead to a repeat, though.

Honour guard into hell

Rumsfeld surely has one of the more substantial honour guards into the afterlife with tens of thousands of Iraqis, Afghans and Pakistanis killed because of him. As Afghanistan teeters on the brink of America’s latest abandonment it’s hard not to remember that this man’s hands are covered with blood. I saw something on Twitter some […]