Cell Phones? We don't need no stinking cell phones....

But, wait, heck yes we do! I thought I would be without a cell phone for the next year -- which actually wouldn't be a bad thing. So after I get here, I find out that Afghanistan does indeed have a cell phone company. Awesome! So, I went down to the phone store at the Boardwalk, plunked down $43 for the phone, $8 for the SIM card, and $50 for a phone card with 2500 afs on it. Now what are afs? They are like cell phone minutes over here, but they are not a minute, and nobody can figure out how they convert to minutes. Oh well, who cares!! I have a cell phone again! :-) I use it to keep in touch with the people I know at KAF, and I called home using it the other night. We also have to report in any time there is a bunker call so we can be accounted for.....kind of hard to do if you are away from our camp with no phone.

You know, one of the strangest things I have noticed here is that there are no ringing phones. I spend 12 hours a day in my office and I think I have heard the phone ring 3 times in the past 10 days. In fact, the first time my cell phone rang after I got it someone had to tell me my phone was ringing....I didn't even notice it. :-)




Now kids, if you think the cell phone your mom dug out of the drawer for you because you trashed yours and you aren't due for an upgrade is Ghetto.....think again! These phones are REALLY Ghetto. No fancy buttons, ring tones, colors, etc. Texting on it is quite an adventure as well. If you are wondering just how Ghetto they are, check out the picture below.......