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Who has Djibouti? I has Djibouti.
9 years ago
Haha, get it. Booty.
Anyway, I just got back from Djibouti, as in the small desert country in Africa on Tuesday. I was there as a part of my work, because I was foolish enough to volunteer as tribute for the cause. We are aiding US Citizens and rightful US citizens (Consular Records of Birth Abroads, 'problem cases' etc) as well as spouses of US Citizens escape the Yemeni Civil War. If you don't know about it, it's fine, the western media refuses to report on it for a number of complex reasons, but it boils down to a lot of people displaced because their houses and cities are literally gone, and much of the population that we work with has been waiting it out in the desert refugee camps of Djibouti or Djibouti City.
So I was an overworked paralegal for about a solid week, working good 15 hour days or more while 50+ people "waited patiently" (*LAUGHS BITTERLY*) for the lawyer or me, or our wayward translator.
It was.
An adventure.
There was a malaria scare, a detainment in Dubai in which I got into "police trouble" (which I kinda wear as a badge of pride now), a $900USD jackpot I won, an abandonment at a hotel, street car races in taxis, a collective food poisoning, and the general shit you'd expect from going to a third world country.
AKA
ADVENTURE WAS HAD.
But now I'm back and can be consistent with art again.
Anyway, I just got back from Djibouti, as in the small desert country in Africa on Tuesday. I was there as a part of my work, because I was foolish enough to volunteer as tribute for the cause. We are aiding US Citizens and rightful US citizens (Consular Records of Birth Abroads, 'problem cases' etc) as well as spouses of US Citizens escape the Yemeni Civil War. If you don't know about it, it's fine, the western media refuses to report on it for a number of complex reasons, but it boils down to a lot of people displaced because their houses and cities are literally gone, and much of the population that we work with has been waiting it out in the desert refugee camps of Djibouti or Djibouti City.
So I was an overworked paralegal for about a solid week, working good 15 hour days or more while 50+ people "waited patiently" (*LAUGHS BITTERLY*) for the lawyer or me, or our wayward translator.
It was.
An adventure.
There was a malaria scare, a detainment in Dubai in which I got into "police trouble" (which I kinda wear as a badge of pride now), a $900USD jackpot I won, an abandonment at a hotel, street car races in taxis, a collective food poisoning, and the general shit you'd expect from going to a third world country.
AKA
ADVENTURE WAS HAD.
But now I'm back and can be consistent with art again.
There is nothing like experiencing life elsewhere to realize that oppression is global and not just limited to our little part of the world.
I kinda knew what to expect, so the culture shock wasn't so bad. I just now know I can't eat Yemeni food 24/7 or you get bored of it and want familiar food lol
I am kind of jealous. You had an adventure, while I stayed in the same country for years.
Not sure this is an adventure anyone would wanna be on but sure???