About Ninjas.

I have to get a photo of the women here in their Burkas (black robes & veil), but the thing is, I’m afraid that if I do, they’ll kill me. And I kind of like my life. But I also really want this photo…the women here look so mysterious, with most of them hovering around in these long, black swaying robes. . Kind of like a mix between the evil emperor from Star Wars and cousin IT of the Adams Family, except a lot better looking. Some have uncovered heads, and some have veils that don’t show even a little bit of skin -not even the eyes. These ones have a type of mesh strewn over their face, so they can see out but nobody cans see in. It’s all very mysterious.

You’d think that everyone walking around in these burkas would look identical, but they have millions of different variations. There’s some with little eye slits, some with veils covering the mouth (I watched one of these try to eat a sandwich… its not easy. You have to lift the mouth cover bring the food in from under your chin, and then kind of blindly aim for your mouth while one hand is holding up this veil thing). Then theres those few (usually old ladies) complete with metal faceguards covering the nose. And theres also those with uncovered heads, and others in jeans and mini-burkas. And the strange part is that under these veils the women can look absolutely beautiful, yet nobody gets to see them.

And I know I’m not supposed to stare , but its hard to turn my head away when they’re shrouded in all that mystery. I think, for some strange reason, that if they wore less concealing clothing then I wouldn’t have such an urge to stare. I’d be like ‘Ooh… it’s a person under that veil’. I guess its just a matter of time until I get used to it. I hope I don’t though.

And no, unfortunately, the photo above isnt mine. If it was I'd either be dead or very happy. Or both.