April 24, 2005

I'm back from Turkey...

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Not the three stooges.



I just got back from three weeks in Turkey. Jaff, Eric and I spent two wonderful weeks in Malatya and a week in Eskeshir. We also spent a couple of days in Ankara. Malatya is 1070 meters in elevation and surrounded by mountains. The morning after our arrival we awoke to snow but the weather warmed up and we got quite a bit of sun the rest of the week. We worked closely with the Turkish military and had some interesting cultural exchanges. Everyone back home was very supportive, expressing their concerns but as we assured them, everything came out in the end, just fine.

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"Tamam!"



Here are a couple of happy Turkish crewmembers. We worked these guys like dogs and they still came up smiling. They had so many questions about us and what we did and where we lived. And we had many questions for them as well, like, "Where is the toilet?" and "Seriously though, what are we really having for lunch?".
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Godzilla has saved us!



Of course you don't take pictures like these until after the job is finished. Unfortunately I was unable to obtain an autograph, something about I could have one but then they'd have to kill me...thanks, Hollywood.
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