Hotel

Sunday morning, and I have some good pictures to upload.  Gonna do it in a series of posts, instead of all in one big post.  So, here's the hotel room, which is really nice.  Everyone is really helpful here-- almost, too helpful.  Also, there's a lot of security here. We have to go through metal-detectors every time we get back from a day trip and reenter the hotel.  One of our colleagues told us that there was a random bombing about a month ago, so security has been amped up.  In fact, whenever we drive to a building, they make the driver pop the hood and trunk, and they've got mirrors to look at the underbelly of the car.

As an aside -- my mom told me last night that there is some crazy anti-American sentiment right now all over the world, I guess based on that guy's YouTube video (which I watched last night, and it's like the worst scripted, performed, and produced thing I've ever seen)?  Well, things are pretty safe here.  We were out and about yesterday, and some people asked us where we were from, but we just smiled and kept walking.

Anyway, here's pictures of the hotel room.  I totally plan on taking a bath at some point during the trip, although my days are getting numbered...

Here are some views outside my window.  The river is pretty cool, we saw some cows down there the other day.