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The family of an Iraqi Electricity Policeman, Hillah, Iraq, 13th July 2004



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[Royal]

The Victoria River, Northern Territory, Australia, 26th February 2007. Croc country, didn't see one the whole time

--------- He got 'em.
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There's something not right about that guy's head, but I can't quite work out what it is. Glad to see you're still flying over these parts mate.

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[coldharvest]

There's something not right about that guy's head, but I can't quite work out what it is.

....is it that most of his head resides above his eyebrows?

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There's something not right about that guy's head, but I can't quite work out what it is.

....is it that most of his head resides above his eyebrows?

Check out the shape of the sort on the left's schwad too, lop-sided

A pleasant place to take a breather and watch the world drift by at the start of the Annapurna sanctuary trek, western Nepal, 31st October 2005



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An old Mujahideen position on top of the City of Screams, overlooking the Buddha niches of Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 10th October 2008



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[nowonmai]

Saw Lyse Doucet do a piece (she is a smug old bird, I could barely watch it) on a guy hunting for a sleeping Buddha at bamiyan. Have you come across him? Seems like an interesting character.

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Saw Lyse Doucet do a piece (she is a smug old bird, I could barely watch it) on a guy hunting for a sleeping Buddha at bamiyan. Have you come across him? Seems like an interesting character.

They found it last September, a month before I first went up there, although it wasn't the 300m long statue described by the immortal Xuanzang, the Chinese pilgrim (and inspiration for "Journey to the West") who first chronicled the site about 630 A.D. It was buried just behind the cliff where the big niches are, and is 19m long, but it is the famed sleeping Buddha after all, and the troglodyte Taliban never even noticed it. Allah is a buddhist after all.

I never met any archaeologists there, but there was a boxhead artist who was collecting all the little pieces, mostly on the smaller buddha, and labelling them. He was a very nice guy who shared our hotel with us, his female Iranian oppo was a sort too, it's funny watching big tough blokes go all gooey when a beautiful, charming young lady joins them at mealtimes.

Bamiyan is crawling with de-miners, one of whom had the bad form to blow himself up on top the City of Screams before we had breakfast one morning, spoiling the quiet contemplation of the cliff whilst quaffing eggs and coffee on the cloistered hotel terrace, dashed bad show.

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[JohnnyFishfinger]

man, sometimes it's so hard to understand what you guys are on about. almost missed this one. sad stories though.

[neelix]

I have been told by my Iranian friends that there is nothing left to destroy in Afganistan. Your pictures say otherwise. Keep them coming they are wonderful. And again apologies for the affront. You have a coffee table book just in this post.

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man, sometimes it's so hard to understand what you guys are on about. almost missed this one. sad stories though.

"Boxhead" - British Army slang for "German"

"A sort" - A fit bird

"Oppo" - workmate

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Uighur restaurant owner (seated) with her workers and family, Turpan market, Xinjiang, China, 23rd September 2006



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[coldharvest]

Uighur restaurant owner (seated) with her workers and family, Turpan market, Xinjiang, China, 23rd September 2006



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I can see by buddy's t-shirt why you went there.

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I can see by buddy's t-shirt why you went there.

Ooooh hark at her!



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[coldharvest]

Ooooh hark at her!

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