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A trip to the Shrine of Hazrat Ali in Mazar-e-Sharif
My body guards
A truck lumbering up the passes of the Hindu Kush
Fetching cold water to cool the overheating engine in the high passes
A stop to wash fresh berries (bought from a child selling them in a village along the highway) in a cold mountain stream in the Hindu Kush
Just what it looks like
A quick passing shot of a German military convoy we passed (we had to wait a long time behind, as you don’t pass military convoys and they had a vehicle they had to tow; they finally let the cars pass). As a general rule, I try to avoid taking pictures of people with guns; they don’t like it, for obvious reasons
How you cross the river (on a suspended platform, with people pulling it across by hand)
Harvesting
An overturned lumber truck on a tight turn up the Hindu Kush
One of the many wrecked bits of Soviet military armor along the way
A farmer in his field
The high passes of the Hindu Kush
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Great photos Tom!