Saturday, 31 August 2013
Our police escort. On an ancient city wall.
We visited the ruins of the 5,000 year old city of Balkh today (with the help of our most trusted police dude) which at one time was the epicenter of Zoroastianism, a Hellenistic empire (Greek Bactria), Buddhism, and later Islam. The oldest mosque in Afghanistan is close to these fortress walls the guard is standing on.
Portraits of young workers in the park
From the top: 'Samosa' seller, Shoe shine boy, and two boys work a phone battery charge center/juice stand. All in the park of the Blue Shrine.
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