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04-09-2008, 02:02 PM
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Pics from Kandahar, Afghanistan
Hey tpunks, so I was in Kandahar earlier last week on a work trip (no, I'm not part of the military). Afghanistan is a very beautiful place, although poor as hell.
Sorry I didn't give early notice of my plans beforehand - but anyway here's some pics from my trip:
This is Kandahar City, which is absolutely massive - never seen so many mud homes in my life
Nice mountain near Mas'um Ghar 
Graveyard for old Soviet armour
Parts of Kandahar are actually surprisingly green
More later!
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04-09-2008, 03:22 PM
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wow those pictures are beautiful!
especially the mountains in the background of each pic - what a view. and it is surprising how green it is, maybe the constant brown around it excuberates the green though
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04-09-2008, 05:25 PM
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Bad ass Jason. Afganistan on the company budget!!! loving that!
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04-09-2008, 05:52 PM
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Jealous, Jason! I want your job...I'll convert, or whatever it is you have to do to be a Canadian!!! (j/k Uncle Sam, I still want my govt job...if you send me overseas, that is!!)
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04-09-2008, 06:30 PM
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Kandahar, nice. I passed through there (well, the air field) when I was en route to where I was living. hot as HELLLLLLL in the summer.
and I agree. afghanistan is SO beautiful. such a shame it's so crazy there.
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04-09-2008, 06:45 PM
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so I was in Kandahar earlier last week on a work trip
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and you're not in the military...are you an international arms dealer or a heroin peddler?
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04-10-2008, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by mbo108
and you're not in the military...are you an international arms dealer or a heroin peddler?
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International Man of Mystery baby!!
No, actually I work for the Canadian equivalent of the Congressional Research Service - we did one of those fact finding missions - which pretty much equates to military tourism.
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Vincent: "So what you gonna do?"
Jules: "Well, basically, I'm just gonna walk the earth."
Vincent: "What you mean 'walk the earth'?"
Jules: "You know, like Kane in 'Kung Fu'...go places...meet people...get in adventures."
Trips (only counting recreational travel):
FIRST TRIP (2005): FIRST EUROTRIP EVER! UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland
SECOND TRIP (2007): First Solo Trip! Greece, Turkey, Syria, Spain
2008: China (Beijing, Shanghai, Yangshuo) ...right before the Olympics!
2009: Japan & HK, Southern Spain
[size=1]2010: All over Lebanon, Ibiza (Spain), Oktoberfest (Germany), Thailand.
2011: India (Goa), Jordan, Jerusalem, San Sebastian (Spain), Amsterdam (again), London, Driving from Vancouver to L.A. (stopping in Portland, Seattle, San Fran and all the little stops), Montpellier (France), Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland)
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04-10-2008, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by pinknic38
Kandahar, nice. I passed through there (well, the air field) when I was en route to where I was living. hot as HELLLLLLL in the summer.
and I agree. afghanistan is SO beautiful. such a shame it's so crazy there.
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So you were deployed in the East, I assume?
Yeah I also stayed at KAF when I was there... never seen so many dudes with guns in my life.
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Vincent: "So what you gonna do?"
Jules: "Well, basically, I'm just gonna walk the earth."
Vincent: "What you mean 'walk the earth'?"
Jules: "You know, like Kane in 'Kung Fu'...go places...meet people...get in adventures."
Trips (only counting recreational travel):
FIRST TRIP (2005): FIRST EUROTRIP EVER! UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland
SECOND TRIP (2007): First Solo Trip! Greece, Turkey, Syria, Spain
2008: China (Beijing, Shanghai, Yangshuo) ...right before the Olympics!
2009: Japan & HK, Southern Spain
[size=1]2010: All over Lebanon, Ibiza (Spain), Oktoberfest (Germany), Thailand.
2011: India (Goa), Jordan, Jerusalem, San Sebastian (Spain), Amsterdam (again), London, Driving from Vancouver to L.A. (stopping in Portland, Seattle, San Fran and all the little stops), Montpellier (France), Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland)
"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it."
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04-10-2008, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Canadian Bacon
So you were deployed in the East, I assume?
Yeah I also stayed at KAF when I was there... never seen so many dudes with guns in my life.
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yeah I was close to the pak border. nice little valley with mild weather.
oh yeah, KAF was actually one of the nicest FOBs in afg.
as for lots of people with weapons, shit that's how we roll! 
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04-11-2008, 06:54 AM
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jason I should have also said that your pictures are awesome and really show the beauty of Afghanistan. Thanks for sharing!
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04-14-2008, 10:55 AM
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Sweet pics, thanks for sharing! It's a shame that most of us won't be getting to Afghanistan any time soon, it looks way cool.
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05-24-2008, 05:09 PM
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Love the Soviet military graveyard shot. Your job sounds awesome
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05-25-2008, 01:23 AM
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what kills me about these shots is that they look like any one of them could be a picture of phoenix.... ugh...
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