{"id":429,"date":"2012-09-12T10:20:44","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T05:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/?p=429"},"modified":"2012-09-12T10:20:44","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T05:50:44","slug":"afghanistan-1975-0813-bamiyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/?p=429","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan 1975 – 08\/13 – Bamiyan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bamiyan was the highlight of the 1975 trip. It was done as a trip out and back from Kabul. The pictures tell the story about the visit to Bamiyan and Band-e Amir.<\/p>\n

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I forgot the reason for the required stop here – – if it was engine problems or a flat tire. This was a fairly pleasant place to walk around a bit. The elevation was already sufficiently high so temperatures were very pleasant.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pictured here is the running water available at the hotel. Not running exactly, but he was moving pretty fast to keep the water tanks filled.<\/p><\/div>\n

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After the previous trip and the places I had passed through in the rest of the country seeing this much water was impressive.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This sort of image is found in many locations a short walk out from the city. Bamiyan was a photographer’s paradise.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The hotel had a nice view of one of the Buddhas. This was what you saw when turning around after washing your face.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Looking up at the Buddha<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is one view from the cliffs into which the Buddhas were carved.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bamiyan village viewed from the cliff.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A nice landscape within the gaze of the Buddha.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The hotel has a nice view of the Buddha and the Buddha has a nice view of the hotel. This was from one of the vistas alongside the Buddha on the climb to the top of the cliff.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A slightly different view.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Looking east from the Buddha.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bamiyan 14<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bamiyan 15<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bamiyan 16<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cow and Buddha. This is one of my favorites.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bamiyan was the highlight of the 1975 trip. It was done as a trip out and back from Kabul. The pictures tell the story about the visit to Bamiyan and Band-e Amir.
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