Good Morning Kabul: 2007

lørdag den 29. december 2007

Kabul from the heights

View from Kabul from one of the several hills. The town is literrally surrounded by mountains. This is taken from the place where the kite runners gather during winter holidays.

Like in the book, hundreds on kids gather over winter in kabul to run their kites. Unfortunately it was impossible to take an overall picture of the scene, the kites are simply flying too high to be catch on a picture. But believe me it was really stunning.

Bouchkachi in Kabul

Bouchkachi: 4 teams of ridders compete against each other. Instead of a ball, they use a dead goat. We could not see the entire game. Women are not allowed and we could feel that the atmosphere was not very safe.

onsdag den 26. december 2007

Eid

One of the days during Eid we went to a bazar just outside the city centre. There was a lot of amusing stuff, like fabrics with the funniest patterns and plastic clocks to hang on the wall in the shape of pink hearts. There was also food. These spices for example.

Eid

We had a sheep at the office, which we killed (halal) during eid. It was chopped into small pieces and packed in plastic bags. One third was given to the poor people, one third was distributed among the family members and the last part was kept for the staff.

Wedding hall

If you don't know where to have your wedding, here is an option!
There is street packed with wedding halls. It is very kitchy, with palm trees and neon lights all over.

Christmas day

For christmas day we vent to a very nice lake 40 minutes north-west from Kabul. It was very cold but beautiful!

We vent there with Hamida(our boss), Aman(a friend from our street) and our driver.

Christmas

For christmas' eve we vent to a friend's house for drinks. They had this nice christmas tree - the closest you can get to a real christmas in Kabul...

søndag den 23. december 2007

Some pictures we took on our way to work when it was still sunny.

Today we actually had a lot of snow.

lørdag den 15. december 2007

A beggar (a lady) sitting on the front door of our office. Many disable and poor people hang out in front of Awaz as there is an organisation, on the other side of the street taking care of them.