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I promise that that is the third and final in a sequence of posts overlaying a latest journey to Afghanistan. Because the earlier two posts, it’s mild on birds and birding (mainly solely on the very starting of this put up). It incorporates quite a lot of non-bird images of this space and ends with some description of my cause for touring to Afghanistan and the way you would possibly assist the folks there. So, for pure birders, it’s best to cease studying this put up when you see the primary photograph not exhibiting a chicken.
Sadly, as I solely took images with my cell phone on this journey, the chicken images are hardly price taking a look at. Witness this shot of a Hooded Crow, a species that doesn’t appear to thoughts foraging very near folks virtually precisely within the metropolis middle of Bamiyan (although the time period metropolis middle could also be a little bit of an exaggeration for this place).
Contained in the Band-e-Amir Nationwide Park, I added a horrible shot of a Horned Lark to my chicken photograph assortment.
Lastly, a bit additional inside, a Lengthy-legged Buzzard. Sure, you do not want to level out that it’s a horrible photograph once more, I do know.
Lesson discovered: subsequent time, take an honest digital camera to Afghanistan, it ought to be price it.
At this level, we are saying goodbye to all readers solely serious about birds, because the put up will now simply flip into a photograph assortment overlaying a two-day journey from Kabul to Bamiyan and again.
It begins with an off-the-cuff reminder of the risks of such journeys.
Toilet break with country-specific bathroom signal.
A really dry-looking panorama, no less than at the moment of the 12 months.
Village animals
Mountains on the highway to Bamiyan
Is it morbid to be attracted by ruins?
Some shade combos are fairly placing
Shar-e Zuhak, an historic metropolis on a mountain ridge close to Bamiyan
Constructed someday round 500-600 AD, it was destroyed by Genghis Khan and his coworkers in all probability in 1221.
Coming from crowded China, it appears unbelievable to have such a spectacular sight to at least one’s personal …
… free to discover each single watchtower.
Arrival in Bamiyan, the provincial capital
The primary attraction of Bamiyan now could be one thing that’s not there.
Tons of of small caves are in shut proximity, typically on a number of ranges.
One other fortified metropolis even nearer to Bamiyan, Shar-e Gholghola. It suffered an identical destiny as Zuhak – it was sieged by Genghis Khan, and after his favourite grandson was killed in battle by an arrow from the partitions, Genghis massacred the inhabitants of town, incomes town the identify “Metropolis of Screams” (Wikipedia).
View from this metropolis towards the destroyed buddha (you’ll be able to see the cave proven within the photograph above), additionally exhibiting town of Bamiyan.
View from the highest of town. The Mongols apparently did an intensive job.
Close to Bamiyan, there may be one other attraction – a rock cut up within the center at a size of no less than 100 meters. The native scientific rationalization is that this was accomplished by some hero chopping the snake (= the rock) in half.
And it seems to be even higher close to sundown.
Nightlife in Bamiyan (kind of)
On the highway to Band-e-Amir, a Nationwide Park
Getting into the park. I do know the gate is sort of cheesy and boring, however the sky seems to be wonderful.
Panorama inside the Nationwide Park. Who wants Utah or the Grand Canyon?
My journey companions having breakfast within the park …
… near a small waterfall.
A pika, in all probability attempting to keep away from changing into the breakfast of the Lengthy-legged Buzzard proven earlier.
I’m not positive what the pikas eat, because the native crops appear to mount substantial opposition to being eaten.
Strolling round and taking extra panorama images that may all be taken exterior of Trump nation.
Even the mammals right here remind me much less of Mr. Trump.
Driving again to Kabul because the solar is setting.
And on the finish, as within the two earlier posts on Afghanistan, some background of what my Afghan mates are doing in Kabul and the way you would possibly be capable to assist them.
We’re at the moment specializing in two areas – one is getting some mineralogy/geology labs to work once more in order that Afghanistan can get extra worth out of its wealthy sources, and thus create extra jobs for the folks. Anybody with data of the tools on this space and an curiosity in serving to may be very welcome to contact me.
The second, much more urgent space is feminine schooling. We are going to set up a sequence of on-line workshops, trainings, and seminars for younger ladies. The subjects for these might cowl a variety however will typically give attention to the event of vital expertise to empower these ladies. If you’re serious about being a part of this and are prepared to share your data with Afghan ladies from various backgrounds, please contact me at kai.pflug at gmail.com (see additionally the contact web page of this web site). I will probably be very comfortable to supply extra particulars.
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