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Asia » Afghanistan » East » Kabul May 26th 2009

24 mai : En soiree on a ete mange dans un resto mexicain. Super de grosses portions. Avec les resto chinois, libanais et italien, j’ai déjà ete dans 4 des 10 restos qui nous est possible de frequenter. De l’exterieur ca ressemble tous a des bunkers mais de l’interieur c’est bien correct. Pour ceux que ca interesse ca coute entre 10 000 USD et 30 000 USD pour acheter une femme afghanne. 25 mai : Fini de lire la Constitution, le Code electoral, les resolutions du Conseil de securite et les rapports du representant du Secretaire general. Des documents tres legaux pas super interessant a lire. ... read more

Asia » Afghanistan » East » Kabul May 26th 2009

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Asia » Afghanistan » East » Kabul May 24th 2009

20 mai : D’autres formulaires a remplir pour la securite et les finances. J’ai ete diner dans un resto italien avec Chisa la Japonaise. Mange une grosse lasagne et bu une Tuborg, petite biere du Danemark. 21 mai: Je me suis inscrit, via internet, aupres de l’ambassade de l’Amerique du Nord Britannique (votre Canada), cet exemple moderne de bilinguisme et de cohabitation harmonieuse entre deux nations. En soiree j’ai ete prendre quelques bieres au genre de Club social du staff UN, c’est juste une salle avec une tele et quelques tables de billard. L’ambiance n’etait pas extraordinaire. 22 mai : Journee de conge. On a ete au marche ISAF, les Macedoniens etaient de garde. J’ai ete invite a diner avec des Philippinos, un genre de vermicelle au legume avec une soupe aux oignons, c’etait pas trop ... read more

Asia » Afghanistan » East » Kabul May 20th 2009

8 mai : Derniere journee au Quebec. Je fais tranquillement mes valises. Souper de la derniere scene au St-Hubert avec ma mere et mes deux soeurs. 9 mai : Reveil vers 5:15 AM. Ma mere et mes deux soeurs sont venues m'amener a l'aeroport. Seance de photos obligatoires. Depart pour NY a 10:00. Arriver vers 12:00, check-out, check-in il est 13:00. Bouffer a l'aeroport JF Kennedy un panini avec un vodka-red-bull. Super gros aeroport, 8 terminals, je dois prendre un mini train pour changer de terminal. Je me paye 2 massages; des pieds et du dos-cou, il est deja l'heure d'embarquer pour New Dehli. L'avion est a moitie vide. J'ai l'allee centrale a moi tout seul. Je regarde le film The Longest Day; classique en noir et blanc du Debarquement. Un gros Indien viens se coucher ... read more

Asia » Afghanistan » East » Kabul May 7th 2008

one hot day....150KM from Kabul Sep 2007... read more

Asia » Afghanistan » East » Kabul July 5th 2007

this blog is far too ugly, here's my new, prettier, one. http://4trees.tumblr.com/... read more

Asia » Afghanistan » East » Kabul October 20th 2006

And a short trip it was... I wanted to go up North for two weeks or so, but I stayed only for 4 days... Plans change... Anyway, I went up to Mazar-e Sharif to look at Afghanistan’s holiest shrine, the tomb of Imam Ali, the son in law of the prophet Mohammed... It is all a bit confusing as according to most Muslims he is buried in Najaf in Iraq, which is one of the most important pilgrimage sights in the world especially for Shiite Muslims... According to legend, he visited some local mullah in a dream (of course...) revealing his true tomb to be here in Mazar-e Sharif... Perhaps one day, after I am dead, I will do the same... I can have a bunch of graves around the world... It will give me something ... read more
Mazar-e Sharif
Mazar-e Sharif
Mazar-e Sharif

Asia » Afghanistan » East » Kabul October 12th 2006

So, as you can see from this update, I am still alive after crossing through the centre of Afghanistan from Herat to Kabul. First Herat, a bustling city and a good place to get accustomed to Afghanistan. It has some interesting and beautiful sights, like the Jameh Mosque, the Musalla complex and views from the citadel in the old town are superb. I stayed in Herat for 3 days, checking with the tourist office how security was on the central route. The guy at the tourist office was very helpful and asked around with drivers who were plying the route how the situation was... All the drivers said nothing had happened as of recent, so I decided to take the chance... And I am happy I did... Though the road is horrendous, more like a mule ... read more
Herat
Herat
Herat

Asia » Afghanistan » East » Kabul September 15th 2006

One of the coolest shots I have ever seen was taken by CPT Dykstra, somewhere near Kabul...... read more
Dykstra Shoe Helo
Dykstra Shoe Sergeant
Dykstra Shoe Sunset

Asia » Afghanistan » East » Kabul September 3rd 2006

Sept 3 Note to self....I reek, After breaki it was off to the embassy though due to usual ineffiviency it was closed for another hour or so, After standing around and seeing several nervous american patrols come through as well as some NGO workers with their own bodyguards we discovered that we would not be given visa's for pakistan as our old ones had not expired yet, this meant that we would have to wait till october to leave Afghanistan...a proposition I was not looking forward to. This led us to the German embassy to see if we could get any help there, after several security checks and then being talked to by a staff member who had been there 2 weeks was told they could not help us. . After spending some time at an ... read more
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