Travel quotes
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli
In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley
Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. Orson Welles
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Afghanistan : When and where to go ?
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Afghanistan : Maps and Facts
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The country benefits from a continental climate with high differences of temperature between day and night as well as summer and winter, especially in the mountain areas. Precipitation varies from one area to another, the dominant being a dryer climate, especially in the north-west and south of the country. |
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What to do in Afghanistan
It is obvious that at present this country is not a great tourist destination: Many of its riches have been destroyed and an unhappy and hungry population is not symptomatic of a pleasant trip.
However there is no lack of places to visit. Kabul, surrounded by mountains, until recently sheltered an archaeological museum rich in objects originating from India, China and Syria but this was unfortunately pillaged. Bamiyan became better known after its large Buddhas were dynamited by the Taliban at the beginning of this century. Other sites still remain in this valley; the ruins of a fortress at Char-é-Zohak, the lakes at Bnad-é-Amir, the Adjar canyon... Mazar-e-Charif possesses a magnificent blue mosque dating from the 15th Century, a sacred place that attracted a large number of pilgrims before the Spring Festival was forbidden. |
Afghanistan : The basics
The aerial route is the most practical to get to Afghanistan; the only international airport is at Kabul.
At present, no tourist visas are being issued for Afghanistan. The currency in circulation is the Afghani. A hotel room costs around €50 if you require a minimum of comfort. To ravel within the interior of the country there are interior airlines operating as well as crowded buses without fixed timetables that stop frequently without warning and for a variety of reasons. Reminder: Unveiled women attract a lot of attention! |
Towns in Afghanistan
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• Kandahar
City in southern Afghanistan, Kandahar is a former imperial capital, and now numbers just over 200,000 inhabitants. Having a great importance in the commercial activity of the country, it also lies at the crossroads of several major routes. She is best known today to be a strategic center of Jihad, and the symbolic site of the Taliban movement. Although tourism is not necessarily relevant in this region, some sites worth a visit for visitors Chihlzina, or the Forty Steps, a cave carved into the rock hosting the Persian inscriptions, the mosque of the Prophet's Hair , 19th century, where the famous hair is kept in a gold scabbard protected by blankets holy mausoleum of Ahmad Shah Durrani, colorful style building Mogul turquoise dome, and the shrine of the prophet's mantle, which you can admire the beautiful green marble decor and is one of the places most sacred prayers of the country.
