Bamiyan, Afghanistan

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Band-e Amir (Persian: بند امیر, meaning "Dam of the Amir)

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The Buddhas of Bamyan (Pashto: د بودا بتان په باميانو کې De Buda butan pe bamiyano ke, Persian: تندیس*های بودا در باميان tandis-ha-ye buda dar bamiyaan)
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Mountains in Bamiyan.

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About Bamiyan.

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Re: Bamiyan, Afghanistan

absolutely stunning :jano:

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I'd love to visit this place, maybe sometime in the future Insha Allah....

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Most of the Afghanistan is now relatively peaceful except Taliabn influenced area bordering Pakistan.

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COOL … I have visited this place and… its Stunning when U see that LIVE… :slight_smile: I will post some Pics I took … Its worth seeing…

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Coolmunda_2000

Exactly my sentiments… What made you think of it, other than pictures? Im curious…na

Golden Scorpio

You actually went there? When and how did you arrange your trip? IM ALL EARS…hehehe Im almost jalous…lol :naraz:

OMG! Dont u just hate it....
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wow

lobly pixs all in all :)

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My Dear.. U dont have to be Jealous… Here U go… U can Visit Virtualy too … :smiley:

Bande Amir…

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This Is the Place.. where the BIG BUDHA used to be.. but now GONE …

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And this is the View from His HEAD…

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Some Underwater Makhlook in Bande Amir....

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The water was so clear... I wish I had the Underwater Photography Camera.. so I could get some Very Close shots of these Water thingies... :)

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These are the Stairs those lead you to the Top of the Budha.. I mean to the HEAD…

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Door to one of the Rooms where These Monks Used to do something.. .:smiley:

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Some Naqoosh-o-Nigaar on the Walls of the Rooms…

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This is the View from the Head of Mrs Budha.. U can see… How she was able to see the Valley…

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View of the valley from one of the BIG window type of things in one of the Coridor while Moving up to the Head of the Budha…

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This is one of My Fav shots… Its the Vew of the Valley from the khiRKi of one of the Dark room.. where these MOnks used to do something… The Shot here is offcourse no in its Actual Resolution… we have to make it small to post here :bummer:
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lovely pics
beautiful

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Thanks for sharing, Golden Scorpio… Na, the real thing is REAL, you know.
Ok, I shall try not to get jealous…for now. :halo:

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Nice. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful place :k:

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Beautiful place!

Did you go on an organized trip or on your own?

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wow, thanks for the snapshots GS. Did you arrange the trip through a tour operator?

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Pak One and Cool … !

Well… No… and Yes at the same time… :slight_smile: I used to work for USAID in Kabul … I had 4 days off so Instead of coming to Pak… I along with 5 other frends Chartered a Samll 8 Seater Sesna Plane… and… Went to bamyan… From Bamyan we Travelled to Band-e-Amir By Road… and then came back to Bamyan and flown Back to Kabul.

If U go to Bamyan by Road from Kabul that will take round 8 to 9 Hrs I guess… dont know abt road conditions now. From Bamyan to band-e-Amir was I think 3 Hrs…

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The governor of this place is actually trying to setup a tourist industry making locals entrepreneurial hosts. It helps that Bamiyan is perhaps the safest place for foreigners in Afghanistan.

The way this tourism idea works is archaic, but it gets the job done. They'll (govt) set you up with a family, have them show you around, help you get to places, and in the end every dollar charged will be given back to the family who kept you under their roof. Consider it a foster family of sorts. Sorta.

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excellent. wish theres more peace and prosperity in pakistan and afghanistan bth stunning countries yet sadly mismanaged by their leaders. i would love to go afghanistan but safety is an issue.