Estoy atterisado
Estaba un vuelto de Hell, pero estoy bien ahora.
"Toto, we sure aren't in Kansas anymore"
The minute I stepped on the Jordanian plane in Montreal I left the West. The plane was 100% full and 80% of the women wore burkas, headscarves, etc. several of the men wore big red (hennaed) beards. The guys in front of me watched endless reruns of rituals at the Kabala in Mecca. I thought wow these Jordanians are really devout! But it turned out that they were all on a Haj to Mecca for the Aiid holy days. The flight to Amman from Montreal following the trip from Vancouver was hell. Small cramped seats, impossible to sleep – but at least 1st world.
The Amman airport looked beautiful and new as we approached but the minute we stepped through the jet way It could have been Guatemala. No maintenance. The airport had the same vibe as Guatemala but without the real massive activity. Amman has a pop of 2 million and the airport was built for that but without the real activity - a bit of a false note somehow.
I got to Irbil at 4am on Saturday after 36 hours plus of travel- ouch.
But I got some sleep last night and feel OK today.
Am staying in a townhouse in a compound on outskirts of Irbil. It is OK – Mexican level of quality. But had power outage in early AM. Met 1 of my roommates, the other Biz teacher. He has been teaching “my” courses for 2 weeks as well as his own. I have to coordinate with him to find out what he has covered – We don’t have the economics text book yet, so he has been teaching from the course outline.
Interruption- Just went to the Uni. To meet the dean and get course info. I only have 2 of the textbooks others on backorder, will get photocopies of the next few chapters tomorrow. I will be teaching from 5pm to 9 pm. Approx 25 per class. English will not be strong will need very simple ways to explain. More power outages.
I will break for now and get working on classes for tomorrow
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