Comments on: Travel and war: see Afghanistan through the eyes of a tourist http://www.vagablogging.net/travel-and-war-see-afghanistan-through-the-eyes-of-a-tourist.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:10:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ted Beatie http://www.vagablogging.net/travel-and-war-see-afghanistan-through-the-eyes-of-a-tourist.html/comment-page-1#comment-28465 Ted Beatie Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:56:39 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=6201#comment-28465 Tim Cahill also has a great story in <i>Pecked to Death by Ducks</i> called "Kuwait is Burning: A Postcard from the Apocalypse." The first story in the book, it was a riveting jump straight into the action. My favorite excerpt; <blockquote> The whole world smelled like a diesel engine. There were fires burning in all directions, more than thirty at a count, and they thundered belligerently. The lake below was burning in streaks and ribbons, with flames hanging low over a mirrorlike surface that was unaffected by the wind. The ground was black, the sky was black, the drifting clouds were black, and only the fires lived on the land. </blockquote> Tim Cahill also has a great story in Pecked to Death by Ducks called “Kuwait is Burning: A Postcard from the Apocalypse.” The first story in the book, it was a riveting jump straight into the action. My favorite excerpt;

The whole world smelled like a diesel engine. There were fires burning in all directions, more than thirty at a count, and they thundered belligerently. The lake below was burning in streaks and ribbons, with flames hanging low over a mirrorlike surface that was unaffected by the wind. The ground was black, the sky was black, the drifting clouds were black, and only the fires lived on the land.

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