2004 Archive
Dirty Underwear, Stinging Whores
Andrew, who is consulting on beekeeping in Iraq, continues his work in Iraqi Kurdistan. You can also read about the previous entries: 1: Floating in Jordon,2: Wasps and Suicide Bombers. Lake Dohuk Fun in the Sun Dohuk is in the north, and lays claim to some of the most beautiful mountains, hills, and lake that [...]
Wasps and Suicide Bombers
Andrew, who is consulting on beekeeping in Iraq, spends his first days in Iraqi Kurdistan. You can also read about the previous chapter: Floating in Jordon. Ever watchful Dave watches as ever talkative Andrew talks. In this instance, about bees. A nice discussion under a tree in a field of grapes. You can imagine how [...]
Tale of 4 Rivers
Who says you can't vacation at home? Well, okay, I've been guilty of saying that many times. Booking vacations to faraway locales and returning at the last possible flight on Sunday night before going back to work on Monday. But now I don't have a job to go back to on Monday morning. So I'm [...]
Floating in Jordan
Typical street in Amman Traditionally dressed woman on an Amman street This entry is part of an ongoing series by Andrew Coté who is working as a beekeeping consultant in Iraq. See his author page for more information. This episode covers his multi-day stopover in Jordan en-route to Iraq. It was two o'clock in the [...]
A Revolutionary Way to Tour Paris
In tight formation the five thousand rollerbladers street-trekking with me sound like a hive of deep-voiced bees buzzing around my head. I am careful not to disturb any. We roll down the street together as one body, not even the stragglers that far behind. We descend upon place de la Bastille like the revolutionaries that [...]
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Dedicated to Wade Tyler Simmons March 30, 1980 ~ October 15, 2004 8/6/2004 Petaluma CA to Winnemucca NV 380 Miles It is an early rise at 4:30 in order to meet up with the rest of the crowd at Steve’s house at 09:00. I’m excited about this ride, although I had been to Sturgis three [...]
Summer Erupts in Montreal
Spring in Montreal is rather unpredictable. Mid-April, I spoke to some Montreal friends and it was 80 degrees, a heat wave, a sudden burst into summer from the long cold winter. I was sold. I had been thinking of a trip for a while and Montreal seemed as good a place as any for an [...]
The Wrong Bride
When Kurdish bridal couples arrive at their wedding and engagement parties, they are accompanied by parades of honking cars with people hanging dangerously out of the windows waving scarvesóand, of course, a video camera to record the whole event. Friday afternoon I headed down the hill to Erbil as part of a small caravan of [...]
