In the city - and note, there are no women to be seen
These goats belong to the Kuchi, the nomadic people of Afghanistan - we passed about 4 or 5 herds of goats in the space of half an hour...
Sunday, 18 March 2007
A day in Gardez
Last week I visited another of our sub-offices - in Gardez, Paktya province - southeast of Kabul. I went just for the day, which meant spending a lot of time on the road as it takes about 2.5 hours each way. Gardez is not the safest place in the country and we had to travel there in armoured vehicles, with an armed escort. But it was lovely to get out of Kabul and it was a glorious day. The journey took us about 1,000 metres higher than Kabul (already 1,850m above sea level). There was a lot of snow around, but the sky was a stunning blue. Here are some pictures:
In the city - and note, there are no women to be seen
These goats belong to the Kuchi, the nomadic people of Afghanistan
In the city - and note, there are no women to be seenThese goats belong to the Kuchi, the nomadic people of Afghanistan
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2 comments:
Fantastic photos! But, to me, the third one looks uncannily like the A9 from Perth to Inverness - which does sometimes get blocked by sheep, rather than goats...
But I would say that the similarities end there... and not only were there goats but camels too, though I didn't get a good photo.
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