Archive by month: June 2024

The Blue Mosque. I can say that I am impressed by the architecture of modern Afghanistan, but only if I put this word in quotation marks. But there is one city where quotation marks will not be appropriate. Mazar-I-Sharif. The fourth largest city in the country, it is famous for its historical complex "Blue Mosque", built in the XV century. This Muslim shrine is located in the center of the city andRead more

Visiting forbidden people. From Dushanbe to the Afghan border is 180 km of excellent highway, which can be covered in a couple of hours. We took a little longer, as I managed to catch a self-tapping screw in the rear tire somewhere. 40 km before the border we filled up full tanks with 92 gasoline and in half an hour we were at the checkpoint barrierRead more