Kabul
Travel Blogs from Kabul, Afghanistan
Night Gardens of Kabul
... Ruddington, he knew my name. As his began with H, he had been going to the post office every day and had seen my post sitting in Kabul and not Kandahar, so that was a bit of luck:. We see quite a bit Ruddington on the road or in the ditch, one person runs ...
Kabul: it's not as bad as it sounds
I'm here, I'm safe, and it feels very 'normal'! Imagine Central Otago in summer, with large mountains in the distance that don't look unlike The Remarkables. That's about where the similarities stop with New Zealand! There's a lot to ...
Dinner with friends in high places
... Mrs Karzai. She speaks fluent Pashtu and Dari, and told of visiting Helmand province (one of the tougher places in Afghanistan) last week with US marines, donned in full military gear to negotiate aid projects with male leaders in rural ...
A Scot Abroad - Kabul 2012 - Days 15, 16
... and he is on it...I guess maybe I should have reported the slight leak there since I got here, I didn't because, well, it is Afghanistan, there is always a leak or some dodgy electrical work, usually side by side, it is very common to see what dripping or ...
A Scot Abroad - Kabul 2012 - Day 2
... a damn thing...so, consider the scenario now, some US General who's name shall remain anonymous decided that it was time to make Afghanistan dry for most expats, meaning I can no longer readily go to the PX and pickup a supply of booze...so, no booze, ...
A Scot Abroad - Kabul 2012 - Day 5
... no AK-47 wielding gunmen shooting at you or car bombs...I acknowledge that the drivers in Tulsa are only marginally better than those of Afghanistan...but we'll leave them out of this for the time being...I don't think there is much hope of fixing that ...
A Scot Abroad - Kabul 2012 - Day 8
... ... 1. Weight loss... 2. Exercising regularly (twice a day), 3. Eating healthier (as far as is possible in Afghanistan), 4. Reducing the alcohol intake (by about 99.8%), No wonder I'm irritable...BARK! Alrighty, so I was sitting with one of ...
Do you want to know about Afghanistan,Pashtu
Did you want to know about Afghanistan, Pashtu language, cities, culture, tourist areas, hotels, and more. Do not hesitate to contact me at surgulpashtun@hotmail.com Your suggestions and comments ...
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Changing Planes in Kabul
En route to Delhi, Rachel and I had a brief stop at Kabul in Afghanistan to change planes. We were flying by the cheapo Afghan Ariana Airways with its bossy, unfriendly air hostesses. The Kabul landing area was a big open space, bordered by red mountains, ...
Last days in Kabul
... Kabul Health Club (as fancy as it sounds) for a doctor friend going on a medical camp through a remote, mountainous part of Afghanistan. Warrick presented some impressive photos from the same trip 5 years ago. The team will fly part way into ...
A Scot Abroad - Kabul 2012 - Day 6 & 7
... , another way for them to make more money...let's face it, this is probably not a cool idea, not just in Afghanistan, anywhere, Government departments can't organize crap...big government does not work...fact...so what makes them think this will ...
torky
i go to torky then i com to kabul and then i com to kandhar and i will go to mazar e sharif aand i will go to unitit state ...
Buckets of Cash
3rd September Kabul is a very small but a nice town. There are three towns in Afghanistan and all of them are about the size of Beaston or Malton. We then collected the post and looked around the bazaar and I bought some sandals. We put the for sale ...
A description of life in Afghanistan
... a great source of information about local culture. And they like also to hear about life in NZ: I have conveyed so far that unlike Afghanistan, it is very uncommon to marry your cousin in New Zealand and we are able to choose our own husband. And yes, we ...
New Carpets
... which still left us with not too bad a profit, but not as good as I hoped. We thought it better to sell the merc in Afghanistan as in Pakistan it is difficult to change the money. I would not recommend anybody bring a car to sell in any of these countries ...
A Scot Abroad - Kabul 2012 - Days17-24
... like it...it was the quietest the room had been, all these expats digging in to an exquisite meal like it was their last supper...just as well I had the work out... Like I was saying, this is a hardship post...it is Afghanistan after ...
Afghanistan
... too much detail about what I have experienced out here because like the mountains or the ruins, without perspective a false picture of Afghanistan will be presented. Since I have been in Afghanistan I have dug up a mine, lived within a few hundred metres ...
First stop: Kabul
I arrived in Kabul and was invited to a lunch party in the parking lot of the UNODC (Office for Drugs and Crime) where I had a chance to dance with the local police officers and construction workers. A good start to the holiday. ...

