Returning to Kabul

I'm returning to Kabul on Sunday -- well, leaving for Kabul on Sunday; it will take me two days to get to Afghanistan. The good news is I'm flying through Dubai, and have planned a mini-vacation there on my way back. The bad news is when I tried to get disability insurance this week, I was denied because they don't insure people working in Afghanistan. Now from a risk perspective, I think this is a bit unfair. Sure, the risks are higher in Afghanistan, but the insurance companies can't have *that* many clients living there, so I don't believe insuring me would throw their ratios drastically out of whack.

Still, it gave me pause, and is another reminder of why after this six week contract is up, I'm going somewhere better. This shouldn't be difficult. I've been told there are only half a dozen countries in the world worse than Afghanistan. I think I can avoid them.