Today, I learned how stones can be painted to appear like Lapis-you look for natural cracks, and if they are brighter blue, instead of being grey or white, you know you've got a fake on your hands. Just a helpful tidbit for those of you out there in the market for lapis.
I had some green curry today for lunch...which seems to have made my day-or maybe it was the sleeping in? It was the only day off that folks take around here, so I only worked about 6-7 hours.
In the past two days, I learned that one of my Russian friends who studied with me in Hungary was in Dubai when I flew through. Also, in trying to reach out to a friend of mine in Bhutan, I found another friend on Facebook from India who is now in Sudan. At some point, we should all get chips embedded to show where we are! Who knows how many people have been near as I've travelled and I not even realized it!
Had an interesting discussion about the various military forces here on the ground. Let's just say those of you who are always looking for something to be patriotic about, there is a lot of positive things that can be said about our troops. They seem to be grouped with the Brits, Danes, Canadians, and Aussies at the head of the class.
I won't have much access for a bit, but I'll finally have good stories when I do!
Peace...
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