Do you take Master Card?

...cause I have no visa (baddum).  So I can't spend the day seeing Istanbul.  Instead, I snuck into one of those fancy first-class lounges and I'm mooching their wifi and biscotti and watching bootleg episodes of Rome.  I'm such a rebel.  Of course if I had any guts I'd sneak into the city instead, but I don't want to create an international incident.

Since I'm stuck here though, I'll take advantage of this lightning fast (read: normal) wifi connection to upload a whole bunch of pics.  I'll work backwards, starting with my most recent stop before this one, the gilded Kuwait International Airport.

Special Services: Veiled Ladies I.D. Check
Ninja IDs also accepted

If you want fake Columbian coffee at an American chain
served by a guy from India, Kuwait's your place.

Press CTRL+ALT+طش to log in

Before Kuwait International came Ali al Salem air base.

I've been meaning to pick some new hip hop wear

YES!!

This sandwich was so good after 5 months of chow hall food that 

I had to put it down and take a picture.  Art comes in all forms.

Note the Corinthian column disguised as a Diet Coke can.

A closer look.  Weird huh.

Ranging further back in time, here are a few more dust devils...

Drive, man...DRIVE!!

Here are some random mildly amusing or interesting pictures I've taken over the past 5 months...

Ah, port-a-john humor.  Timeless.

Not the greatest spellers, Marines.  Close enough.

Do you know any Zeppelin?

On an almost unrelated note, there is a unit out here called the Scot's Guards.  I'm not making this up.  Just thought you should know.  Cool guys, though.

Well I board in 15 minutes, gotta run.  Next stop, Tel Aviv.