Round Two of Snow
Back on the 5th of February we had our second round of snow here in Suli! This time it lasted the whole day and measured to about an inch or so in some places! Take that East Cost! That afternoon we called our friends Ahmed, Fazel and Telzar to see if they would like to go to to Azmir Mountain to play in the snow with us. On our way there Ahmed’s car broke down in the middle of Shusty Street, one that could be compared to Aurora in Seattle. Luckily this happened by a traffic cop so he was able to stop traffic for us as we pushed his car across to the side of the road. As we waited for Telzar to go back and Fazel’s car, we found a little snow and had a little snowball fight to pass the time. By the time we had everyone in a car and were headed up to the mountain, traffic was pretty congested and we knew it would take a while to get up the mountain, plus we were losing day light.
Everyone wanted to enjoy the snow, so traffic heading up Azmir Mountain was stop and go. The icey roads didn't help much either.
So we decided to pull off and park on the side street and just play at the base of the mountain. After we crossed Shusty and walked through some mud we were at the base of Azmir where we started our snowball fight. This was and probably will be the closest I get to seeing any type of war here in Kurdistan! And it was an all out war!! Ahmed has incredible aim and always seemed to get us right in the face, with iceballs!! At some points it seemed to be Kurds vs Americans! A hand to hand combat broke out between Mark and Fazel, leaving Fazel with a war wound. Click below to see more war photos.
After Ahmad naied us in the face a few times, it was his turn!
After we had enough of our little war and the sun had set and we couldn’t feel our fingers anymore, we went to Mark and Kirsten’s to watch The Office and have some dinner. It was a Friday night so I was suppose to teach that night, but it was a snow day… not to worry, we made it up the next week…
A snowball fight in Iraq — I had no idea! What a beautiful land. I believe I shall enjoy following your blog. Thank you for letting me meet people I have never seen!
Oh, and hurray for tackling the fellow with excellent aim! That has always been my only recourse in snowball fights. I cannot hit a blessed thing.
I told some of my Kurdish friends about this comment and they said nice to meet you too!
Haha, awesome.