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Peshawar, Pakistan
Wednesday, Oct 19, 2005

The Pass

David Murray
2007-02-23 22:11:30

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She said that she had organised a guide ??? I thought I knew where it was !!! She also had a car and driver !!! This must have been a special place she wanted to go to, to get to the Khyber Pass. We jumped in, complete with a guide called Prince, it was getting weirder by the minute. Then off we drove. Then Prince said that we were also taking two Canadians !!! I knew Lucy was flexible, but one of them was a girl. All I could think of was, ham, sandwich, strap-on !!! After about an hour of driving, Lucy started to get excited. She said it was close, and was I ready. I was ready to rip my pants off, I was so eager, there is not words to describe the way I was feeling. Then it happened. The car drove through a gate, and the sign stated. "Welcome to the Khyber Pass". My bubble was burst. We were actually at the beginning of the Khyber Pass. So we took some photos, and onwards we drove. It was quite amazing, seeing the old British forts and the scenery was delightful. Prince gave us some great info and we all had photos with our armed guard, whilst holding his AK47. We stopped at numerous sites, including one place where there was an old mosque and some concrete sharks teeth, which the British had laid down, to stop the Germans coming through the pass on the way to India. We drove as far as our permit would let us go, and then got out to take some more photos. We were about 1/2 a K away from Afghanistan. I kind of wished I had a visa so that I could have gone over then and there. On the way back, we discovered that Prince was another of my homies. He loved his cricket, especially the Aussie side. He dropped us off at our hotel, and a young Turkman, came up to talk to us. He was another Afghani, and he was an Afghani homie. He loved cricket as well. We spoke for ages and he invited us to dinner. We declined, but he insisted on the next night, so we accepted straight away. We went up to the other Afghani's place, and he ...