New Year
Today is new year’s day in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey and the central Asian republics.
It’s the fourth new year of the year – the first one was the Christian new year, the second one was the Muslim new year (in late January), and the third one was the Chinese new year (in February, as far as i remember). The next one, i think, will be the Thai new year, or Song Kran (maybe next month?), and then there’s the southern hemisphere new year (22nd June, Australian time). Maybe there are others – but i don’t know about them.
Today’s also the (northern) spring equinox, and first day of spring. It certainly feels like spring here today, i must say. It’s been beautifully sunny and reasonably warm all day. I think winter’s finally over – hooray!!!
It’s been a bloody long winter, too. The longest one i’ve experienced for 21 years! It snowed here last week, which was disgusting. And there’s still snow on the mountains around Kabul, which you can see from all over the city. But with a bit of luck it will be hotter than hell here before very long!
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