Lonely Planet Afghanistan (Lonely Planet Travel Guides) (Country Guide)
Lonely Planet Afghanistan (Lonely Planet Travel Guides) (Country Guide) Review
At the time of writing Afghanistan is a ghastly mess. There is no point waffling on about ‘oh yeah, but the people are friendly blah blah blah’. No, the place is a ghastly mess.
BUT – and it’s a big but hence the capital letters – there is also hope that things may get to a point where the place will be basically sane and able to be travelled except for the southern Pashtun areas who are likely to be utterly beholden to dark ages dogma and anti-western cod philosophy for many decades to come. And it’s the sections on these areas of this, what is the most recent LP guide to Afghanistan at the time of writing, that really caught my eye. I devoured this thing in just a couple of evenings after work and amazingly enough it really whetted my appetite to one day in the distant future being able to see the glories of Herat. Of course I’d heard about them, but the text must be congratulated for really firing the enthusiasm of the reader. Not to mention some truly lovely photography that shows the everyday life of the country as well as some of the awe inspiring vistas this country would offer the traveller. Visions of oneself in some of these areas trekking a la Wilfred Thesiger or somesuch explorer/traveller of yore are hard to shake off when you see and read the descriptions of an utterly untamed nature.
Overall the LP guide that sticks out in my mind the most of all the ones I’ve either borrowed or bought over the years and while the fluid nature of the sitation in the country probably means much of the information in it was out of date by the time the thing hit the book shops I found the history section balanced and fair minded and the feel of the place was conveyed well. Which is perhaps why this made such a positive impression on me.
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Lonely Planet Afghanistan (Lonely Planet Travel Guides) (Country Guide) Overview
Discover Afghanistan
Blink as you emerge from the cliffs at the top of one of Bamiyan’s enormous Buddha niches, p.117
Stop pedalling for a moment and drift in your swan-shaped pedalo on the waters of Band-e Amir, p.122
Utter a great smoking sigh of contentment as you puff on a sheesha at Mirwais Shandaiz, p.194
In This Guide:
Chapters on working and safety in Afghanistan, with advice from resident expats.
Specialist contributors write on journalism, women, and trekking in the Wakhan and the Afghan Pamir.
Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler reflects on travel to Afghanistan over the decades.
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