Unwitting Terror Alert! August 2, 2015 Starting at the ungodly hour of 6 am, we drove to Ishkashim. I had photos that I had promised to send to the villagers in Afghanistan and had added a few things to the parcel. I just had to figure out a way to do so. We stopped at … More Playing Postman
Leaving Afghanistan July 28, 2015 It was the news report I watched while at one house in Qala-i-Panja that first made me aware of the current situation in Afghanistan, fairly close to where we were. The television this family had was powdered by a solar panel. With no electricity, no internet, no wifi, no newspapers … More One Step Ahead of the Taliban
Along the Pyanj in the Afghan Wakhan July 25, 2015 We were up early to get our permits but it was still noon by the time we got going on the road to the Wakhan valley. The town of Sultan Eshkashim and its outlying fields soon fell away and we entered the stark moonscape of … More Same Same But Different – VERY different
Sultan Eshkashim July 24, 2015 I am in Afghanistan! Duly stamped out by a bored young guard on the Tajik side, we walked over to the Afghan side. A grizzled veteran bid us welcome and asked us to put our packs down. The men were given a short lecture about their lack of chivalry in … More In Afghanistan
Khorog July 20, 2015 I have been dithering about going to Afghanistan all along this trip. Talking to other travelers, some days I am convinced that I should go and other days I think it is not the best idea. Most uncharacteristic of me, but now that I am in Khorog, I have decided to … More I Need A Man
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