Instead of spending two weeks in Iraq, we spent more than six weeks and ended up with a story on the country that ran in November 1999. It was a coup for us. This may have been the first countrywide story on Iraq since the Gulf War. Afghanistan has basically gone back to the Dark Ages. The roads are beat up.
Donkeys are the main form of transportation.
There is no water or electricity. And the only communication is by satellite phones. The lack of infrastructure makes it look biblical. That was great for getting good pictures, but working there was a different story. There are no hotels and not much to eat.