Comments on: Getting away for a while

By: Globe trottin' CAD

Globe trottin' CAD — Mon, 22 May 2006 08:24:57 +0000

youÂ’ll come across fabulous hotel and restaurant deals and have some of AsiaÂ’s most iconic sights, like Durbar Square and Everest, virtually to yourself.

But for the courageous traveler willing to overlook the backdrop of simmering warfare between U.S. forces and Taliban insurgents, the country offers astonishing rewardsÂ—none more uplifting than Band-i-Amir.

But if you can live with a moderate level of risk, youÂ’ll come across fabulous hotel and restaurant deals and have some of AsiaÂ’s most iconic sights, like Durbar Square and Everest, virtually to yourself.

It is a wonderful irony that one of AsiaÂ’s most rambunctious democracies should be housed in its most ethereally elegant parliament building.

It's nice travelling to other places and confining oneself to principally checking out and savoring the monuments, architecture, scenery and nature, but not the people, society and, local social practices.

Can't wait for the US invasion to finally be over in Afghanistan. Because soon after that, Afghanistan will be turned into another tourist playground for Americans and other Westerners.

By: bengali

bengali — Fri, 19 May 2006 02:01:34 +0000

Koreans and Deshi politicians naked, together.

Eek! The mental image of this has put me off my breakfast.

By: Masale.Wallah

Masale.Wallah — Thu, 18 May 2006 21:16:22 +0000

One more goal in life, after reading the Time article: To take a dip in the Band-i-Amir Lakes in Bamiyan with getting killed.

By: Jeet

Jeet — Thu, 18 May 2006 15:06:43 +0000

Local legend has it that a plunge in these waters is a cure for madness.

dont tell that to all the white folks around here. After yoga, they'll lap this up quicker than you can say bomb

Kabul (Afghanistan) is so gorgeous

Ladakh (India) is similar

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Thu, 18 May 2006 11:36:36 +0000

The Bangla assembly is one of SM's banners.

I just saw an old village couple fly for the first time (man in lungi, woman in rural-style sari). They seemed a bit bewildered.

By: Neale

Neale — Thu, 18 May 2006 08:52:58 +0000

Terence, Shout out to Terence from another Goan mutineer!
Goa is still nice, no?

Neale

By: taz

taz — Thu, 18 May 2006 08:16:05 +0000

Hey, what if we merge the "Get Naked in Seoul" with the "Democratic Dreamscape of Bangladesh" and we get a gray octagon political building where people can argue politics in the surrounding lake, NAKED. Koreans and Deshi politicians naked, together.

Kids, I think there is potential here...!

Seriously though, about the nakedness, and I know how Abhi is pro public nakedness, BUT it's the bathroom that has the three windows, in that hotel in that article. So, people are seeing you do BATHroom stuff, and I"m not sure I'd be down with that kind of exhibitionism. In fact, I don't think I can be calm enough to pee in a room with three windows. I'd be freaking out, I think.

I'm just sayin...

By: bengali

bengali — Thu, 18 May 2006 02:30:24 +0000

These five connected lakes in the central Bamiyan province are among the worldÂ’s least visited yet most dramatic natural wonders.

If the film 'The boy who plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan' is anything to go by, then the above conclusion is very true. That region looks breathtaking.

By: terence

terence — Thu, 18 May 2006 01:59:21 +0000

huh???

Pick someplace niceÂ—Goa, for instanceÂ—and once youÂ’re aboard, take a look at your fellow passengers. ThereÂ’s a high likelihood some of them are flying for the first time in their lives. Chances are many are visiting Goa for the first time as well.

at least they said Goa was nice.

-your token Goan mutineer…