Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Through the Afghan frontier without any problems, Gave a lift to a couple travelling to Herat. Had a meal in a café approx 1/3 for rice and meat etc. Went to the couples room to smoke hash, he bought a large piece freely in a shop and also a water pipe to smoke it. Bev … Continue reading
Kandahar Afghanistan
Drove 250 miles today from a few miles outside Herat to Kandahar. The road was through completely barren deserts with the brown tents of nomads scattered about. The heat making mirages on the horizon looked like huge lakes, then gradually the roads are tree lined and there’s green grass. A few whirl winds tried to get going in … Continue reading
Kabul Afghanistan
Banda Kagahar (Lake Kagahar Dam) Left the hotel in Kandahar the grounds were really nice, Roses and plenty of green grass. 318 miles to Kabul through more barren desert land, few nomads and camels, diesel stations about 60 miles apart. Few miles from Kabul a great thunderstorm, tried to photograph the lightening. Green hills all the way into Kabul. Lost Lee and Pat somewhere on … Continue reading
Kabul
Slept late this morning. Beautiful day sun blazing, the lake looks good with the snow on the Hindu Kush behind. Went shopping in Kabul for fruit and bread, got my shoes mended in the bazaar, looks really oriental in there, vegies very cheap. Changed £25 into rupees and £10 into US Dollars got 730 rupees, official rate is … Continue reading
Kabul
Sunshine all day again, just lazing about, wrote home. We were invited down to a spawning ground for trout at the bottom of the Dam by the man who runs it, it was very interesting too, the wages for him in Afghanistan (and he’s a qualified vet) are $22 a month and the workers get about 600 … Continue reading
Kabul
Total Road Tolls 230 Afghanis A day in Kabul again bought a can for water after much arguing and bartering 120 Afghanis . Wrote home again. Collected some water from the trout farm it was beautiful ice cold spring water. Felt sorry for the bloke running the place hes a really nice intelligent person but cant get a better … Continue reading