Kabul ..... for holiday!
Jan 22, 2008 | 8:39 am
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Kabul ..... for holiday!
OK, don't laugh. I'm seriously considering this for my 30th birthday at the end of May. Has anyone been to Kabul for work recently? My only concern is safetly. I am white British ... but have a beard :-) Do I need a local with me to get around or am I safe to wonder in the daytime?
Jan 23, 2008 | 6:08 am
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OK, don't laugh. I'm seriously considering this for my 30th birthday at the end of May. Has anyone been to Kabul for work recently? My only concern is safetly. I am white British ... but have a beard :-) Do I need a local with me to get around or am I safe to wonder in the daytime?
Jan 23, 2008 | 6:51 am
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Well I there is more traffic picking up and indeed people are going to visit. I've wanted to go for sometime and thought of it. Apparently Kabul is the safest part of the country. Most (not all) of the violence is in the countryside and other cities.
Jan 23, 2008 | 7:10 am
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OK, don't laugh. I'm seriously considering this for my 30th birthday at the end of May. Has anyone been to Kabul for work recently? My only concern is safetly. I am white British ... but have a beard :-) Do I need a local with me to get around or am I safe to wonder in the daytime?
Jan 27, 2008 | 1:16 pm
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The Lonely Planet forums actually have some stickies on tourism and safety in Afghanistan: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntre...spa?forumID=13
Currently pondering a KIH and KBL double 