Kabul Travel Blogs

The weather is getting colder here, last night was 1 degree, only to get worse......last night I arrived from Dubai later then expected as the window on tbe left side at the cockpit was cracked, we had to turn back after half an hour out of Dubai.....only to leave at 8pm. Now Kabul airport closes a…

OK, so we started out about 7 in the morning. Our driver took us to an cemetary called Shohada-ye Salehin which is near the outskirts of the city. We wanted to start at the fortress Bala Hissar, but apparently, even though we drove by it, our driver didn't seem to care what we wanted to do. Anyway,…

Some friends and I hopped in a couple of vehicles and took off to see some sights around Kabul. We first went to the Russian Swimming Pool. Evidently it was a structure that the Russians built when they occupied Afghanistan to train for diving. We stopped at a few more places. Enjoy the photos.

Today I found out a close friend's father has cancer.......this among other tragedies & blessings has happened throughout the year of 2008. Somehow 2008 has been a culmination of a lot of things for me personally...a year of joy, sadness & turmoil at some point.   There were a few pe…

Bring cash, a spare liver and a gun.

Doing the old hippie trail in reverse, traversing from Nepal to see more of the roof of the world, visit exotic places as Bhutan, dwell in the lowlands of Bangladesh, seek the origin of Budhism in India and finally make my way out of the continent via Pakistan.

Afghanistan has a problem.  There are just too many great photo opportunities!  Shepherds herding their sheep down our street, boys flying kites from every vantage point, young beggars with piercing green eyes, donkeys negotiating through congested traffic, endless colourful bazaars and c…

It was Nov. 1, and we were finally leaving to go on our trip to Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.  Our Uzbek visas took about three weeks to get since we had to have a travel agent request permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tashkent for the Uzbek embassy in Kabul to issue the touris…

My work often takes me to the beautiful nation of Qatar, and many surrounding nations. Although I've made this journey many times, I'll combine my blog into one specific time period.

beautiful country

I traveled to Kabul and Manas, not by choice of course but it was an experience none the less.

My Day with the President Cast of Characters: Me, Valerie (colleague and TESOL), Kim P and Bruce W (TESOL), Ken and Debbie (house mates), Hamid Kaiser (President), Shams (Driver and guard), Akram (Driver), Punch (other driver), Kawa (Admin and supervisor of drivers), Abdul (Minister of Finance),&n…

I was there in winter 2005 for teaching a group of people basic concepts in IT. it was a mission from an International Union in cooperation with UNDP in Afghanistan. There was COLD, really about -20 at nights.

Cathing a game after work

I've been asked several times where the most beautiful places in Afghanistan are. Here's the list of my favorite places in Afghanistan.