HEETAL PLAZA HOTEL, KABUL

A reasonable choice as a mid-level hotel, very secure.

May 23rd 2010
During the first couple of weeks of working in Kabul the company secure compound had no room for visitors so we were compelled to stay at the Heetal Plaza Hotel, down the hill about two minutes drive away. Even so we had to go in armoured cars and wearing body armour accompanied by our excellent close protection officer Dan Saville, so tragically lost last week in the air crash near the Salang P ... read more

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Afghanistan's recent history is a story of war and civil unrest. The Soviet Union invaded in 1979, but was forced to withdraw 10 years later by anti-Communist mujahidin forces. The Communist regime in Kabul collapsed in 1992. Fighting that subsequent... ... read more

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I could be described as a flaneur - Dictionary definition: "an intellectual and physical wanderer, observer of life". I travel extensively in Asia, the Middle East and East Africa. My tales, stories and rants here are part fact/part fiction but, I hope, always stimulating and sometimes irritating. PLEASE don't take them too seriously - they are meant to inform but also to amuse and to get under your skin. I hope there's a bit of an "edge" in what I write sometimes. For those that take themselves over-seriously: it's a BLOG! Not "the Truth"... just my weird personal take on... full info

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