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Panjshir, Afghanistan

From Kweilin:

   Panjshir is supposed to be the most beautiful valley in Afghanistan
   and it definitely lived up to its reputation.  There was a gorgeous
   river and LOTS of mountains.  The entire road was completely unpaved
   and had lots of potholes and rocks.  There were so many times during
   the day that we were banging our head against the side of the car
   because the road was so bumpy.
   During the day, we stopped by the nomads' tent.  They roam across the
   valleys with their camels, donkeys, and hundreds of sheep.  They never
   shower and live under their tents.  They move every few weeks and walk
   for a month or so before they settle down again.  It was fascinating.
   I finished my entire first tape on the camcorder -- a full hour of
   taping!  I love having the camcorder because you can capture so much
   more and you can also show what you've taped to people and especially
   kids, and they love it.
   We had lunch at the same place as yesterday-- it was rice with beef
   kebabs.  Since we are women, we sat in a special section with a
   curtain pulled and only the waiters came in to see what we wanted.
   The food was really good.
   There are SO many kids along the road.  They are really very cute kids
   and so good natured.  None of them have toys are anything, yet they
   amuse themselves and take care of themselves.  Today was saw a bunch
   of girls as they were getting out of school.
   It was a really exciting day today.  Tomorrow we're going to explore
   Kabul some more with our translator Somah.

posted by Li at 8:20 PM