Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan

But today I’m going to hang out at Sigis, a teahouse for freaks. The establishment is filled with Westerners, especially hot hippy chicks. (Wanderer, page 421)

I’m surrounded by flowing robes and turbans. The all-male street crowd is in an uproar over me, as I’m singled out by all those within my radius via whistles, jeering, catcalls, and guys reaching at me from the crowds and pinching my bare midriff. (Wanderer, page 413)

Next day, I’m moving back to the Hindu Kush Hotel and returning to the more familiar haunts of Westerners around Chicken Street. (Wanderer, page 417)

Afghanistan is what I have always dreamed of―otherworldly, very exotic. The reality meets my dreams. (Wanderer, page 305)

The main drag, where Westerners hang out in this community in Kabul, is known as Chicken Street. (Wanderer, page 311)

Kabul is one of the nodes on the hippy trail, with literally thousands of Western travelers, mostly young and somewhat hip, hanging out in a kind of loose-knit community. (Wanderer, page 311)

Kabul is quite the place. It is more modern than the primitiveness I’ve been getting used to here in Afghanistan. (Wanderer, page 310)

Mazar I Sharif, Afghanistan

The native men, with their flowing robes, long turbans and glaring eyes, create a far out exotic vibe. (Wanderer, page 426)

A great turquoise blue mosque is a dominant landmark jewel in the city. (Wanderer, page 425)

Kandahar, Afghanistan

People―all men―gather and intermingle everywhere. There is a jingle of bells as a horse-drawn carriage drives by. (Wanderer, page 308)

I often times find myself enraptured with imagery of pirates, or 1001 Arabian nights, in their turbans and flowing clothes. This place is so mood pervading with its culture, that it never ceases to amaze me. (Wanderer, page 308)

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