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The third shot of one of the most amazing buildings I have ever seen, the first two shots were these www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/50099346213/in/datepo..., www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/51169723336/in/datepo....
It really is difficult to catch the beauty of this miracle.
20 September 2019 I came back from my journey over a part of the Silk Road to and through Central Asia. 4 months of traveling through 14 countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran) before I flew home from Teheran. An impressive journey in countries that are extremely beautiful, with lovely and welcoming people and diverse cultures and history.
Intense traveling with more than 20000 kilometers in our mobile home on sometimes roads that hardly could be called that way. We saw many villages and cities (some wonderful, others very ugly), countries that are transforming from the old Soviet era into something more related to older cultures and the way people live, often funded by oil readily available around the Caspian sea. We saw the amazing mountains south of the Black Sea, the wonderful Caucasus, and the high mountains in the far east close to China with peaks over 7000 meter, and not to forget the (Bulgarian) Alps!
We crossed the great steppe of Kazakhstan. a drive of at least 5000 km, the remnants of lake Aral, once one of the biggest lakes of the world, saw a rocket launch from Baikonur (this little part is Russian owned), we crossed many high mountains passes, and drove the breathtaking canyon that comes from the Pamir, beginning at ca 4500 meter, and going down for ca. 400km to an altitude of 1300 meter, driving for 100's of kilometers along the Afghan border.
And then the numerous lakes with all sorts of different colors from deep cobalt blue to turquoise, and one rare spectacle in Turkmenistan where a gas crater is burning already for more than 40 years. And finally and certainly not the least to mention an enormous amount of wonderful, hospitable and welcoming people. The woman often dressed in wonderful dresses, and bringing a lot of color in the streets of almost of all countries we visited.
Small standing Buddha statue. View on the cliff where the monasteries and the Buddhas were carved.
Ektachrome.
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Hoe "onze jongens" van het militair veldhospitaal in Kandahar hun niewjaarsduik hielden.
Bravo!! Minstens zo heldhaftig als de ijskoud water trotserende Nederlanders aan de echte Scheveningse kust.
Dishwashing shore. Nomads' camp near Chaghcharan on Hari river. Ghor Province. Nikon_F_Photomic_TN. Nikkor_MF_Zoom_80-200_f/4.5.
Two Brothers harvesting
no school ...
Afghanistan, Chal, Takhar Province, close to Taloquan
these two brothers are forced to help their family harvesting wheat. The tool for harvesting is just a sickle.
The soils are fertile, but the rainfall is limited.
A German armed forces Bundeswehr hunting infantry soldier closes his armoured personnel carrier before a night mission in a forward operation base (FOB) in Kunduz April 20, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY)
A trooper in northern Afghanistan was separated from his squad and now is forced to try to find them, or get found by the Afghanistan insurgents.
A German armed forces Bundeswehr soldier stands next to his sniffer dog after searching for improvised explosive devices (IOD) in Kunduz April 20, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY)
Afghan women attend one of the almost three thousand literacy courses supported by the United Nations Children's Fund for nearly seventy eight thousand women last year.
29/Apr/2008. Bamyan, Afghanistan. UN Photo/Sebastian Rich. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/
German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are covered by dust as they sit in a 'Mungo' vehicle during a mission near Kunduz September 26, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN)
An infantry soldier of German armed forces Bundeswehr takes a break at a forward operation base (FOB) during a mission in Kunduz province, April 21, 2009.REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY)
A German Bundeswehr army soldier of the 263rd paratroops unit of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mans his weapon atop of a Fuchs armoured personnel carrier in the camp before leaving for a night mission in Kunduz, October 2, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN)
German Bundeswehr soldiers of the 263rd Paratroops unit of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) sit inside their 'Fuchs' armoured personnel carrier during a night mission in Kunduz, October 4, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN)
A German Bundeswehr army soldier of the 263rd paratroops unit of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) walks in a base before leaving for a night mission in Kunduz October 4, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN)
An infantry soldier of German armed forces Bundeswehr observes the area at a forward operation base (FOB) during a mission in Kunduz province, April 21, 2009.REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY)
A German Bundeswehr army sniper of the 263rd paratroopers unit of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) takes up position during a mission to secure the perimeters of a reception commemorating the 18th anniversary of the reunification of Germany, in Kunduz October 3, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN)
Their father was killed in a nighttime operation of ISAF on their home; he was reportedly unarmed, pushed against a mud wall of their house and shot dead. Women and children from the family were rounded up and kept in a nearby room. They heard and saw everything through a small window opening up on a courtyard.
Now that areas like e.g. South, or South-East of the country became accessible, how many more such stories there are? How many more we will learn?
October 18th, 2021, Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan.
A German Bundeswehr army soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) lies on a bench inside a shelter during a rocket attack against the base in Kunduz October 3, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN)
A German Bundeswehr army sniper of the 263rd paratroopers unit of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) takes up position during a mission to secure the perimeters of a reception commemorating the 18th anniversary of the reunification of Germany, in Kunduz October 3, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN)
A wounded man is transported in a taxi to a hospital after an airstrike killed scores of people in Kunduz September 4, 2009. Scores of people were feared killed on Friday in northern Afghanistan when NATO aircraft struck hijacked fuel tankers as villagers came to collect fuel, Afghan officials said. REUTERS/Wahdat (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT)
A soldier of the German armed forces Bundeswehr listens to his walkie talkie as he patrols near wreckage from the Soviet-Afghan war, outside the German army camp in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan April 16, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY POLITICS)
A soldier of the German armed forces Bundeswehr patrols near wreckage from the Soviet-Afghan war, outside the German army camp in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan April 16, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY POLITICS)
German armed forces Bundeswehr soldiers walk through their camp as a thunderstorm approaches Kunduz April 20, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY)
German Bundeswehr soldiers of the NATO-led forces in Afghanistan carry a coffin during a memorial service to honor their fallen comrades in Kunduz April 4, 2010. Three German soldiers were killed and five others seriously injured in a gunfight with insurgents near Kunduz on Friday. REUTERS/Uwe Schmitt/Bundeswehr/Handout (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
A soldier of German armed forces Bundeswehr secures the area for a German liaison monitoring team (LMT) to make their way into a village in Kunduz district, April 28, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Afghan from Dam Shak-Alchin village help soldiers of the German armed forces Bundeswehr perform a recovery operation on a "Fuchs" armoured personnel carrier during a mission in Kunduz district, April 28, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS)
Afghan men look at a German armed forces Bundeswehr liason monitoring team (LMT) visiting their village in Kunduz province, April 26, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS)
A German armed forces Bundeswehr hunting infantry soldier prepares for a night mission in a forward operation base (FOB) in Kunduz April 20, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY)
Soldiers of the German armed forces Bundeswehr perform a recovery operation on a "Fuchs" armoured personnel carrier during a mission in Kunduz district, April 28, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY POLITICS)
A German armed forces Bundeswehr military policeman guards a meeting with a Bundeswehr liaison managing team (LMT) at a village in Aliabad district near Kunduz on April 19, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS)
A rescue team of German armed forces Bundeswehr treats the gunshot wound of an Afghan man in a shock room of their rescue center inside the Provinical Reconstruction Team (PRT) camp in Kunduz late April 20, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach(AFGHANISTAN HEALTH POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)
Afghans from Dam Shak-Alchin village help soldiers of the German armed forces Bundeswehr perform a recovery operation on a "Fuchs" armoured personnel carrier during a mission in Kunduz district, April 28, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY POLITICS)
German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) aim their weapons as they monitor the area from a hill during a mission in Chahar Dara in the outskirts of Kunduz, December 17, 2009. German Bundeswehr army soldiers and Afghan National Army (ANA) units started a operation against insurgents in the area on Wednesday. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT)
German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) fire flares to mark a spot during a mission in Chahar Dara in the outskirts of Kunduz, December 17, 2009. German Bundeswehr army soldiers and Afghan National Army (ANA) units started an operation against insurgents in the area on Wednesday. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT)
Afghan National Army Air Corps forward air controller Maj. Farmanullah uses a compass to check an azimuth during a live, call-for-fire training mission at the Kabul Military Training Center Aug. 10. The compass is used to give incoming pilots directions on where friendly and enemy forces are located. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Dow)