shadows chasing vultures

It was a cold and sunny day. Pakistan was wild

vulture hill

We liked to chase the big birds away, it was great to see them take of,

circle around and come back

we ended up at the edge of town

when we climbed the hill on the edge of town, there was ditch on the other side, where 

the locals dropped their dead animals. There were growling dogs and vultures everywhere.

the first horse drawn riksha

Our first experience with a horse riksha. We felt sorry for the horse

The roads were all very busy, crowds everywhere

Peshawa

After climbing over the Khyber pass we stopped in Peshawa, and finding it fascinating

a chat ov er a cup of tea

The tea shops are the meeting place,

Man's best friend

The camels are very noisy and grumpy kind of beings, but they are always looked after
and they do a lot of work carrying heavy loads

beautiful carpet

Lots of vendors just walk around selling their wear from around their neck

a goats head anyone?

This boy in uniform is selling goats heads

being watched

We were being watched all the time, as there were not that many Western travelers around.
I wonder what those wonderful people are doing now after many years of war and destruction.

busy bartering and trading

The market was very noisy, with the guys squatting on the dusty floor
and working out the prices

barber

The barber was very busy every day

delicious apples

The bazaar at Kandahar is a very spread out and you can get
beautiful carpets, clothes embroidered sheepskin jackets and vests
fruit. The grapes were in season and were the sweetest I ever tasted
I went for a black embroidered sheepskin vest, which kept me warm for many years

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There is not much going on in the backstreets of Herat
found some beautiful images of Afghanistan

the goats come home

The sun looses it's heat a bit and a shepherd brings back the goats
from the sandy surrounds

Herat

Afghanistan is were we started to slow down and explored
the place. Here some old ruins of minarets on the edge of Herat.
Rocks came tumbling down the spiral staircase as we attempted to climb it