MUDDIEST PLACE ON EARTH?

If you're like me, you wouldn't consider Iraq much of a muddy place. I can honestly say I have seen the best mud here. When I say "best" I don't mean that it's a good thing. I mean, in the spectrum of muddy characteristics, mud over here is truly an incredible specimen. It's super thick, deep and slick and it camouflages itself well as stable earth. My tent mate said she woke up at 4 a.m. and the tent was swaying in the wind of the rainstorm. I was glad I slept through that. I stumbled out of bed, gathered my toiletries and towel and headed out I was met by puddles of standing water outside the tent.