Daily Archives: September 15, 2007

There is Nothing Like Death to Make you Feel Alive

Baghdad, Iraq, Middle EastBy Bruce Lyman September 15, 2007 2 Comments

What is it about travelling in India that makes it so attractive? The red forts? The Taj? The madness? The suburban cricket? All of those things, to be sure. But to my own way of thinking it has something to do with the general precariousness of life. That in itself is not the attractive thing.…

It Is all A Matter of Perspective

Artillery, Baghdad, Iraq, Middle EastBy Bruce Lyman September 15, 2007 Leave a comment

People wonder “why on earth Iraq?” The almost universal and consistent response to the idea that I was travelling here was disbelief. The only exception was my family I think – seems that they are pretty used to bizarre destinations. Would you travel to Baghdad? Assuming you had a reasonably legitimate reason to do so…