Why the explosion? There was a passing wedding party; apparently someone didn't like who was marrying who.
Fun.
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Breakfast back in Miamana at the Save office. |
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Wild poppies. We saw them everywhere. You can see a picture of the cultivated kind on Day Five. |
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The loo. |
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Gathering in the compound before the day's drive. |
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Lucienne on the left talks with Leslie on the right, with a field of wild poppies in the background. |
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Along the road. |
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Sir Ben and Michael during the long drive from Miamana to Andkhoy. |
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Another abandoned Soviet tank. Can't help but wonder what the driver was thinking right before this happened. |
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It's a beautiful drive. But so few trees, in the entire country we saw. |
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New construction; the mud on top hasn't dried yet. |
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We stopped for lunch, yummy, Kebabs! |
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We were a bit of a spectacle. Mike, our security consultant, passed the word that one of the people here wasn't happy about our presence. But everyone else was more than friendly. |
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This man asked me to take his picture, notice the live bird in his hand. |
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Sir Ben loaned his sunglasses, and is wondering if he's going to get them back. |
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After lunch we walked around the town square, a teaming marketplace. Here is the local pharmacy. |
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Spice, I forget which kind exactly. |
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Future rugs. |
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Shoes. |
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More spices. |
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We stopped for some drinks and nuts. Lucienne had stopped here before. |
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Posted above the store, a picture that Lucienne had taken years before of the store owners. She said "I felt guilty taking their picture and giving nothing in return, so I brought them a copy." |
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Using an abacus to total the amount. |
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Still in the town square. Something about men on motorcycles, they want you to take their picture. |
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Sir Ben and Donovan, that's Jim Losi behind Sir Ben. |
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Cool. |
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I was riding in this car, which had an alignment problem in front that was tough on tires, especially over the rough terrain. |
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While the tire was being changed, look what happened by. |
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Catching birds. The man in back was making noise, which scares the birds up into the net. |
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The crack on this window was from a IED that exploded near this Save
vehicle a couple of weeks before we showed up. Apparently the driver had
pulled out to pass a slower truck, which saved their lives. Why the explosion? There was a passing wedding party; apparently someone didn't like who was marrying who. |
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The Afghanistan version of Bedouins. Very hard hit due to the last couple of years of drought, and the previous years of turmoil. |
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We met up with the road from Mazar to Andkhoy, in the process of being improved. Improved roadways are a double-edged sword. They are sorely needed, but increased speeds mean more accidents. |
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Sign in Andkhoy. |
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That night we were treated to music from the drivers plus a local
musician (the man in black). He was incredibly expressive. Fun. |
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