Arrived

I have arrived, and safely, even though I did get a little lost at the airport!  I have taken photos as many as I could between the airport and where I am staying, at least until my battery ran out on me.  Kabul reminds me a lot of India, the traffic is the same, though there is definitely less of everything.  It is strange being in a place that at once feels so familiar and so foreign, I'm not sure what to do with that.   I feel like I'm waiting for something to happen so that I know that this is Afghanistan, and yet in driving across Kabul it was all so big that I think it is entirely possible that something could happen at one end of the city, and you not hear about it, except for the news!  There is a definite dichotomy between the locals and the visitors though, the openness of the houses and then the barbed wire and tall walls differentiate between who is living where.  There is also the difference in some of the shops as well.  Those where the locals shop and those for the visitors.  I hope to explore more of the city, I have a feeling that getting around my little area won't be a problem, it is further afield that may take a bit of an effort!!  It's worth it though because I'm finally here!