Flight Itinerary
I'm leaving August 2nd and flying from San Francisco to London, London to Dubai (UAE), and from Dubai on to Peshawar, Pakistan. From there, it's overland through the Khyber Pass into Afghanistan itself.My plans while in the country are very loose. My sense is that Kabul is a large, polluted city with little to offer the traveler except over-priced hotels and hordes of bitter, anxious NGO workers who're thoroughly insulated from the population they're ostensibly there to help.
Chances are, I'll only spend a day or two in Kabul, to get my feet under me with the language, etc, before heading out. I have some rough sense that I'd like to go up through the Panjshir to Faizabad, then West to Mazar-e Sharif, then back down to Bamiyan and on to Kabul. That would make a nice circuit, I think. If a chance to do meaningful medical relief work comes up, of course I'd jump at that instead... We'll see.
Overland back across the Khyber and buy some small gifts at the bazaars in Peshawar before flying home. From Peshawar, it's back to Dubai and on to London. On the return, I've given myself two days in London before flying back to the States. It ought to be a nice chance to clean up and reacclimate to the West. Plus, London has a special place in my heart. I think I'd like to live there someday.
I'd be returning on September 2nd, but since that's the Friday before a holiday weekend, I think I'll try to fly to Albuquerque instead to see my family and friends for a few days before flying back home to San Francisco.
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