After getting back from my rest break, I spent about a week getting caught up and resynchronized to my daily routine. There was talk of sending me directly to Kabul straight from Dubai, but this plan fell through due to meeting schedules and other circumstances. I’m grateful for this because I was severely exhausted from travelling and really needed some time to just get re-acclimated to being in country.
After a few days getting myself and staff back on track, I came to Kabul to meet with some subcontracted engineers, and my staff engineer that will be working on developing a small town. It’s really nothing more than picking up their plans that we bought, but I find it might be advantageous to walk through the drawings and documents to address any issues or questions.
This is a pretty challenging project because I have to be very creative with oversight. For security reasons, expat staff are not able to visit this site, so I am totally at the mercy of what my local staff reports. It think of it like trying to build a McDonalds on Mars. No way of getting there and having to rely on whatever tools and robots are there.
I’ll be in Kabul for several days. My second main objective is to apply for a second passport, and get pages added to my existing. I have one little box left for entry/exit stamps. Hopefully the embassy will issue me a second passport. It’s not common for Americans to have two, but for special cases they are allowed. Afghanistan is notoriously slow in issuing work visas, sometimes taking 3 to 5 months. A second passport allows one book to stay in the visa cue wile I can travel with the other.
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