I promise that that is the 3rd and final in a chain of posts overlaying a contemporary shuttle to Afghanistan. As the former two posts, it’s gentle on birds and birding (mainly most effective on the very starting of this put up). It comprises a large number of non-bird footage of this house and ends with some description of my reason why for touring to Afghanistan and the way chances are you’ll toughen the folk there. So, for natural birders, it’s best to prevent studying this put up whenever you see the primary picture now not appearing a chicken.
Sadly, as I most effective took footage with my cell phone in this shuttle, the chicken footage are hardly ever value shopping at. Witness this shot of a Hooded Crow, a species that doesn’t appear to thoughts foraging very with regards to other people virtually precisely within the town middle of Bamiyan (although the time period town middle is also just a little of an exaggeration for this position).
Within the Band-e-Amir Nationwide Park, I added a terrible shot of a Horned Lark to my chicken picture assortment.
In the end, just a little additional inside of, a Lengthy-legged Buzzard. Sure, you don’t want to indicate that this can be a horrible picture once more, I do know.
Lesson discovered: subsequent time, take a good digicam to Afghanistan, it will have to be value it.
At this level, we are saying good-bye to all readers most effective considering birds, because the put up will now simply turn out to be a photograph assortment overlaying a two-day shuttle from Kabul to Bamiyan and again.
It begins with an off-the-cuff reminder of the hazards of such journeys.
Rest room ruin with country-specific bathroom signal.
An overly dry-looking panorama, a minimum of at the moment of the yr.
Village animals
Mountains at the street to Bamiyan
Is it morbid to be attracted through ruins?
Some colour mixtures are rather putting
Shar-e Zuhak, an historical town on a mountain ridge close to Bamiyan
Constructed someday round 500-600 AD, it used to be destroyed through Genghis Khan and his coworkers almost certainly in 1221.
Coming from crowded China, it sort of feels unbelievable to have this type of impressive sight to 1’s personal …
… unfastened to discover each unmarried watchtower.
Arrival in Bamiyan, the provincial capital
The principle appeal of Bamiyan now could be one thing this is now not there.
Loads of small caves are in shut proximity, continuously on a couple of ranges.
Any other fortified town even nearer to Bamiyan, Shar-e Gholghola. It suffered a identical destiny as Zuhak – it used to be sieged through Genghis Khan, and after his favourite grandson used to be killed in combat through an arrow from the partitions, Genghis massacred the inhabitants of the town, incomes the town the identify “Town of Screams” (Wikipedia).
View from this town towards the destroyed buddha (you’ll see the cave proven within the picture above), additionally appearing the town of Bamiyan.
View from the highest of the town. The Mongols it sounds as if did a radical task.
Close to Bamiyan, there may be every other appeal – a rock break up within the heart at a duration of a minimum of 100 meters. The native clinical rationalization is this used to be completed through some hero chopping the snake (= the rock) in part.
And it appears even higher close to sundown.
Nightlife in Bamiyan (type of)
At the street to Band-e-Amir, a Nationwide Park
Getting into the park. I do know the gate is more or less cheesy and uninteresting, however the sky appears wonderful.
Panorama throughout the Nationwide Park. Who wishes Utah or the Grand Canyon?
My go back and forth partners having breakfast within the park …
… with regards to a small waterfall.
A pika, almost certainly seeking to keep away from turning into the breakfast of the Lengthy-legged Buzzard proven previous.
It’s not that i am positive what the pikas consume, because the native vegetation appear to mount really extensive opposition to being eaten.
Strolling round and taking extra panorama footage that may all be taken out of doors of Trump nation.
Even the mammals right here ring a bell in me much less of Mr. Trump.
Riding again to Kabul because the solar is environment.
And on the finish, as within the two earlier posts on Afghanistan, some background of what my Afghan pals are doing in Kabul and the way you could possibly toughen them.
We’re lately that specialize in two spaces – one is getting some mineralogy/geology labs to paintings once more in order that Afghanistan can get extra price out of its wealthy assets, and thus create extra jobs for the folk. Any individual with wisdom of the apparatus on this house and an hobby in serving to could be very welcome to touch me.
The second one, much more urgent house is feminine training. We can identify a chain of on-line workshops, trainings, and seminars for younger women. The themes for those would possibly duvet a variety however will usually focal point at the construction of vital abilities to empower those ladies. If you have an interest in being a part of this and are keen to proportion your wisdom with Afghan ladies from various backgrounds, please touch me at kai.pflug at gmail.com (see additionally the touch web page of this web page). I will be able to be more than pleased to offer extra main points.