Going Dark
I'm leaving Herat this morning.
I'm going to try to go to the Minaret of Jam but it's turning out to
be far more complicated than expected. One thief at the "agency" area
for Ghor asked for 10,000 Afs for a Landcruiser. US$200. For that
price, I could buy my own motorcycle and go myself. I think, for the
distance, the price should be about 400 Afs, but since it's 4x4 only,
maybe 800 Afs. 1000 Afs. Around there. Reasonable locals agree. With
Jam off in the boonies, though, I'm not sure how it'll work. Garmao
seems to be the jumping off point. Other people say go to Chakhcaran
and hire a taxi for a day to take me BACK toward Herat to the minaret.
We'll see how it works.
I don't think any cities between here and Kabul have Internet access.
Someone told me Chakhcaran is very big but has no Internet access.
Someone else told me Bamiyan has no electricity. We'll see. I'll
likely not post again for somewhere between five days and ten days.
I'll check in again, most likely, when I'm back in Kabul, after from
Band-e Amir and Bamiyan.
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