http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Afghanistan en-us Thu, 12 Nov 09 04:19:06 +0000 Thu, 12 Nov 09 04:19:06 +0000 23 octobre Avec Ross je fais mon troisieme voyage aux lacs de BandeAmir.26 octobre Je suis deploye pour le runoff dans la merveilleuse cite de Nili. Villagecapitale de la province de Daikundi. Jrsquoy serai jusqursquoau 16 novembre.27 octobre Participer a des seances de formation du staff electoral. Petit choc culturel en effet jrsquoai appris que les Afghans se mariaient entre cousin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Bamyian/blog-449656.html 1 octobre Jrsquoai decouverts qursquoil y avait un petit gym au centrevillebazard de Bamyan jrsquoai t faire un petit tour histoire de rechauffer mes muscles.2 octobre En cette journee de conge je decouvre qursquoil y a un gym UN a pas plus que 1 minute de marche de ma guesthouse Je profite donc de cette journee pour forger mon corps drsquoathele.345 octobre Entrainement a la http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Bamyian/blog-446005.html 22 septembre Belle petite soire en effet on a mange des brochettes sur un genre de BBQ. Lrsquoambiance tait super. Belle temprature. Quand mme bizarre un BBQ pas de femmes et pas drsquoalcool.23 septembre Jrsquoai regarde la premire saison de la tlsrie Californication. Jrsquoai trouve ca pas mal drle lrsquohistoire drsquoun crivain dsabus qui fornique parci parl. J http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Bamyian/blog-441210.html 15 septembre Souper a la base militaire des neozelandais spaghetti et steack avec un super de gateau comme dessert. La base est egalement occupee par des etatsuniens et des singaporiens. Jasse avec des soldats singaporiens sur leur beau paysville. Ross et moi on tait inviter par un policier neozelandais je lui est dit que mon seul ticket de vitesse dans ma vie est due a la gentillesse de l http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Bamyian/blog-438670.html 8 septembre En apresmidi je visite finalement ces fameux buddhas. Vraiment impressionnant crsquoest une ville de labirynthe et de temple construit sur le paroi drsquoune montagne par des boudhistes entre le 4ieme et 5ieme siecle avant Jesus. Ils ont t detruit par les gentils talibans. Malheureusement la lenteur des systemes informatiques fait en sorte qu'il est tres difficile de vous fai http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Bamyian/blog-436096.html Any attempt to describe the circumstances that envelope this country without making a political comment is futile. This is a country that has been brutalized from forces from inside and from outside of it's borders.The election for the most part is an attempt to show that world that Afghanistan has the ability to decide it's own destiny. However like many countries and one could make the argum http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Kabul/blog-432248.html 18 aout Rien de special a Nili mais dans le monde crsquoest la fete de ma grande soeur.19 aout Debut du confinement pendant 3 jours dans nos residences. Mais je ne resterai meme pas dans ma chambre assez longtemps pour me reposer 20 aout Journee drsquoelection premier appel recu vers 7 00 AM hellip. matin de cul Putain de cellulaire je dois maintenant avoir le cancer du cerveaux http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Bamyian/blog-431038.html STATUS QUOElections have come and gone with little fanfare a few sporadic attacks and small voter turnout. We have been working with our own Afghan National Army soldiers while waiting to turn everything over to the 82nd scheduled to move in here the next couple of weeks. We are being shifted around as soldiers continue to move into this camp. Two days ago we got attacked with a series of http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/West/Herat/blog-429716.html It's a life of excitement here in Kabul during the National Election. The UN had decided to 'shutdown' things until any shall we say activities have calmed down and the streets are safe enough to drive our armoured Toyoto Landcruiser to the airport. Thus I sit in my hotel room staring at the antenna spikes of TV Hill and counting the hours until I can go downstairs and have some dinner.Monda http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Kabul/blog-429436.html 6 aout Busy busy busy 7 aout Journee de conge. Je me suis taper les 3 American Pie. Les seules comedies americaines qui me font vraiment rire en effet je suis partisan des comedies made in France.9 aout Un peu drsquoaction aujourdrsquohui a Nili. Vers 2 15 AM soit en pleine nuit 3 helico Chinnoks ont atteri sur lrsquohelipad de lrsquoONU. Je dors juste a cote et un helico cr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Bamyian/blog-428918.html Casino games have nice interfaces are user friendly and often have great features that help you with your playing. Using the pay table the players at the slot machine games free are able to predict how much the winnings will be. Slots have a remarkable effect on players and now it's easy and quick to find games video slots free of your own taste. Online casinos have already taken a pretty good sh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Bagram/blog-428852.html RIPThe following are people I served with here in Afghanistan who were killed in action go to the links for autobiographical info http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Khost/blog-428352.html It is difficult to say that there is a typical day of flying here in Afghanistan. But it is not as though it is absolute chaos either.On Thursday Luc and I were to fly to four places first Bamyan then Herat then Kanadahar and back to Kabul. However things being the way there are here our routing was destined to change. Remember we fly passengers for the UN. The first stop was to be a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Kabul/blog-428343.html 9 Days till national elections49 days till I get homeHelmand Province in south Afghanistan is a popular hotbed for opiumat times you could see the poppys from the main ring route. Fortunately we saw only minor hostile activity and dropped most of our convoy off at FOB Tombstone. We continued on to FOB Delaram a marine camp in west Helmand and stayed there for a couple of days before gettin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/West/Herat/blog-427344.html 10 days till Afghan national elections.The Georgia National Guard 48thdeployed record numbers of soldiers to Afghanistanmost of them took over ARSIC East the eastern portion of Afghanistan encompassing the regions occupied by Illinois national guardsman. Unfortunately our ripout date was extended a few weeks so we could provide support out west while waiting for the 82nd to come in and take http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/South/Kandahar/blog-427098.html We have two aircraft here. One flies six days a week the other waits for a charter or to rescue another aircraft. However even if there was a need we do not have the means to send our second aircraft up over the mountains of Afghanistan. It's broken.Two of the airports we travel to make for difficult operations. Faizabad is paved with a metal sheeting...developed by the Russian milita http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Kabul/blog-426931.html Yesterday was a long day for us. We started before 900 and it didn't end until after 600. That's a normal North American day but here the heat slowly presses it way into your skin to attach itself to your bones.Our routing took us to Kunduz to Faizabad back to Kabul to MazareSharif and finally home to Kabul. A simple couple of loops that would be no problem...barely an effort...around http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Kabul/blog-426565.html The flights over were not much fun. Two 7 hours 'redeyes' from Calgary to London Heathrow and then to Dubai.The layover in London was long enough for me to spend a tourist day from Hyde Park past Buckingham Palace through Victoria Station along the Thames to the London Eye their gargantuous ferris wheel up to Trafalgar Square into the National Art Museum and down into the Tube back to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Kabul/blog-426040.html Hello...Welcome to my blog about my next few weeks of living and flying in Afghanistan.For those that don't know I am working for a company Regional 1 Airlines that has been contracted by the the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service UNHAS which is providing logistical support for the UN World Food Programme. We as well as other operators fly a scheduled route from Kabul to a variety of http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Kabul/blog-425782.html 31 juillet Journee de conge. Regarder 2 autres James Bond.1234 aout Journees tres occupees. Debut de la formation des responsables des centres de vote en presence du gouverneur de la province de Daikundi. Reception des bulletins de vote par helico. Transport et entreposage a lrsquoentrepot. Rencontre avec la responsable des affaires politiques UN a Daikundi. Etant le seul staff internationa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Bamyian/blog-425564.html