Explosion
Thursday, February 1st 2007 - 11:35 AM
The other day, i experienced my first explosion at close quarters, here in Kabul. It was bound to happen, i suppose - and i kinda expected it sooner or later. But it still took me a bit by surprise.
When the guards light the bukhari (wood fire) in my bedroom, they always leave the cigarette lighter on the tray that the fire stands on. It gets hot there, so i keep moving it. But the evening before last the inevitable happened and it exploded!
It was like a loud pop and the thing - or what was left of it - jumped out of the tray and landed six inches away. Bits of plastic flew around the room and i was lucky, really, not to get a sharp plastic shard in my eye!
It was an interesting experience though!
You can see some of my photos of Afganistan at
WillKemp-Photos.com/afghanistan