tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767345199151369888.post4418338807067264228..comments2023-05-03T06:25:35.057-05:00Comments on Writer's Musings: The Trees of KabulJ. L. Kruegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335606939334631954noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767345199151369888.post-3834831554686305642008-07-13T10:19:00.000-05:002008-07-13T10:19:00.000-05:00Ell,Oh, I did forget to mention that I am guarded ...Ell,<BR/><BR/>Oh, I did forget to mention that I am guarded by Americans or NATO guys for a total of about 3 hours each 24 hour period. The rest of the time, including when I am asleep, I am protected by Afghans. My driver is an Afghan. I live in an Afghan house in the middle of an Afghan neighborhood "somewhere" in Kabul (can't say for security reasons).<BR/><BR/>Most of the time I have to trust my Afghan friends and I work to "blend in" when I'm out and about.J. L. Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335606939334631954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767345199151369888.post-81845451504491148052008-07-13T10:10:00.000-05:002008-07-13T10:10:00.000-05:00Muse,There is a lot of beauty here in spite of the...Muse,<BR/><BR/>There is a lot of beauty here in spite of the war and other ugliness. The tourist possibilities are endless...if we can get control of the violence.<BR/><BR/>Ell,<BR/><BR/>More pictures to come along with more on my day here in a later post...it's on my "to do" list. I will say briefly that from 06:00 in the morning until about 19:00 (7PM) I am "outside the wire" or "out among them". Very few of our soldiers get to see the Afghans "in their natural habitat". It is quite an experience.J. L. Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335606939334631954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767345199151369888.post-18444879188619911082008-07-12T15:58:00.000-05:002008-07-12T15:58:00.000-05:00Great photos! Amazing history. The previous post a...Great photos! Amazing history. The previous post and this really gave me such a juxtaposition of old and new, west and east. You have to tell us what an average day is like for you there.Ello - Ellen Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311917335471167591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767345199151369888.post-14404834098055854092008-07-11T07:12:00.000-05:002008-07-11T07:12:00.000-05:00Those are magnificent trees! I never knew how bea...Those are magnificent trees! I never knew how beautiful it was there until now--thanks to you.<BR/><BR/>Take care!The Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16974717192873929184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767345199151369888.post-89438015278026438402008-07-11T01:13:00.000-05:002008-07-11T01:13:00.000-05:00Sex,Yes, the mountains are pretty majestic here. ...Sex,<BR/><BR/>Yes, the mountains are pretty majestic here. Supposedly the slopes were once covered with trees, but millenia of human habitation have taken their toll.<BR/><BR/>On a clear day from the top of Darulaman Mountain we can see the Hindu Kush with its snow-capped peaks.J. L. Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335606939334631954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767345199151369888.post-33466952460403546592008-07-10T22:49:00.000-05:002008-07-10T22:49:00.000-05:00Coming from someone who is losing a town full of t...Coming from someone who is losing a town full of trees (not to mention Rocky Mountain National Park) to Pine Beetle destruction, I understand their outrage. <BR/><BR/>I've always felt an affinity for Afghanistan because pix I've seen reminds me of Colorado. I'd better finally read The Kite Runner.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767345199151369888.post-32849967224107867642008-07-10T11:23:00.000-05:002008-07-10T11:23:00.000-05:00Charles,This country is also full of archealogical...Charles,<BR/><BR/>This country is also full of archealogical wonders. Once the insurgency is defeated and security more assured, I can see this country being developed for archealogical and geological tourism.<BR/><BR/>Travis,<BR/><BR/>In your copious spare time, read "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns", by Khaled Hosseini. Though both books are fiction, they provide some excellent insights to the Afghan culture. <BR/><BR/>It is sometimes hard to believe, given the vast store of information that is available and the tools for finding that information, that so little is known of so many places on this planet.J. L. Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335606939334631954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767345199151369888.post-56891858370524058302008-07-10T10:40:00.000-05:002008-07-10T10:40:00.000-05:00Great shots and information. You are giving me an ...Great shots and information. You are giving me an education and a new way to think about the area.Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767345199151369888.post-72315533246440602632008-07-10T10:19:00.000-05:002008-07-10T10:19:00.000-05:00Amazing to think of a place so ancient as 3, to 5 ...Amazing to think of a place so ancient as 3, to 5 THOUSAND years. Such history.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com