http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Michael-J/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Michael J en-us Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:39:01 +0000 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:39:01 +0000 Iraq Report 314 November 2007I went to northern Iraq to help out at a mental health clinic in Duhok. I was specifically brought along to do lectures on posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD for the counselors in the clinic and possibly to see some patients. If I had only been able to accomplish these two things during my 10 days in the country I would have been happy but it ended up being much http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Iraq/North/blog-220994.html When people hear that Irsquom going to spend a month in Afghanistan they usually have a bunch of questions namely Why Because Irsquove answered this question about a dozen times already and never really to anyonersquos satisfaction Irsquove decided to try to explain it here. So here in the form of a FAQs page is all the information I think anyone could want on the topic and my r http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Bamyian/blog-214438.html In going to Afghanistan I wanted to do several things such as better understand Afghan culture learn some Dari and show Afghans that Westerners and Americans specifically are capable of visiting other countries in capacities other than in the military. While I did all of these things to at least a certain extent the thing that sticks out in my mind was how crazy the security situat http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Kabul/blog-210586.html