An ode to men's clothing

Men's clothes are awesome, at least on a dig. Women's hiking clothes are just far to impractical for me- the shirts are too short, the pants don't give enough range of motion (especially when you have to climb up and over unstable walls), and in general just don't fit right for an excavation in the Middle East. My men's clothes though are awesome- I have two pairs of pants (one by Eddie Bauer, one by Kuhl) which fit just right. They give plenty of range of motion- that's probably because men's pants leave room for um, parts- and in general seem to hold up better. It's hard to find one that fit a girl though- I tried on so many pants at REI this year trying to find something that would fit my hips and my waist. And the men's shirts are usually longer, which allows me to easily bend over without showing any skin (a no-no in such a conservative Muslim country). Also, sunburn on your lower back is not fun.

People also always say that I must be hot wearing long pants and long-sleeved shirts in such a hot country (tourists especially look at me like I'm nuts). But I like not getting skin-cancer. And it really isn't that hot. Only 90 something today ;)