Afghanistan travel stories

Day One – Mosquitoes!

In the early morning we untied the raft from the dock and pushed off. George and his family waved as we floated away. We rowed between the network of houses built along the river and out to the riv...

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More on the Road More Travelled

13 September 2002 From Cairns I rolled in to Townsville. On the bus I met Maria, the 21-year-old Austrian girl who had guys walking into poles whilst staring at her. She also had a way of being dir...

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Day 22. Sun 8th May. Liwonde National Park

After breakfast we get everything packed up, then I teach Ken to play backgammon. Chris gets back about 9:45 with her two faithful guides having thoroughly enjoyed herself, apart from being annoyed...

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Bamako, Mali 29 November 2000

We diced with death on the road leading down to Dakhla and the border. Single track for long stretches it's a case of who has the biggest car and the strongest nerve when you meet oncoming vehi...

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Afghanistan

Entering the country from Iran meant using the border crossing between Mashad and Herat - at Islam Qala. This became notorious as it was a rip-off difficult to avoid. The local Customs officer owne...

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