Who the hell goes to Afghanistan as a tourist?
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Who the hell goes to Afghanistan as a tourist?
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Insane!
I have a long list of countries I won't go to, and 'Stan is way up the top of that.
I have a long list of countries I won't go to, and 'Stan is way up the top of that.
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British Tourists Attacked In Afghanistan
My.... it just keeps on getting better and better for them, hellholes of the world in 7 days.
I wonder how they will top this next year, perhaps the Boko Harem jungle safari tour?
The injured were taken to hospital for treatment, It is thought they will be transferred to Iraq
I wonder how they will top this next year, perhaps the Boko Harem jungle safari tour?
Who the hell goes to Afghanistan as a tourist?
2. Drug Dealers (under cover)
3. The least intelligent secret agents ever
4. National Geographic photographers and writers.
Nutloose:
Unfortunately some civi aeromedical company is going to have to get them out of there.
The injured were taken to hospital for treatment, It is thought they will be transferred to Iraq
The same people who swim with sharks - thrill seekers who want something to brag about. There is a whole page on Tripadvisor about Afghanistan holidays.
Well these guys will be doing their bragging from a wheelchair
Well these guys will be doing their bragging from a wheelchair
A couple of friends have just returned from a trip to Iran and had an armed escort when they were away from the big cities.
Who the hell goes to Afghanistan as a tourist? Words fail me
Convoy of foreign tourists attacked in Afghanistan - News from Al Jazeera
Convoy of foreign tourists attacked in Afghanistan - News from Al Jazeera
The kind of people who don't think about the poor b*stards who have to go in and save their naive arses when it all goes horribly wrong!
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I knew a Canadian who took two weeks holiday in Algiers during the mid 90's when the locals were slitting people's throats on the streets in broad daylight and Govt. murder squads were out every night. He said he never had a problem, stayed in a small hotel, people were really pleasant and he'd had a great time...................
We reckoned they all thought they were suffering from a mass delusion when they saw him ..."na- impossible!"
We reckoned they all thought they were suffering from a mass delusion when they saw him ..."na- impossible!"
I have never heard of anyone needing an armed escort in Iran unless they went to the Iraq and Afghan border areas, so just where did your friends go?
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In one of the books that came out about people winning medals in Afghanistan a while back, there was a tale of a British Army unit pulling out of some hotspot and as they were driving out they spotted a backpacker walking down the road, pulling him in he told them he was a New Zealander I think, and he did not believe all the stories, so had come to have a look at the country for himself and had been there a while with no bother and friendly locals..
Shortly afterwards they were hit and fought themselves out of the ambush, I seem to remember one of the Soldiers asking him if he now believed the stories.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ghanistan.html
Shortly afterwards they were hit and fought themselves out of the ambush, I seem to remember one of the Soldiers asking him if he now believed the stories.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ghanistan.html
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welll - the locals probably saw him as no threat whereas a convoy of the British Military.......
that is the real problem - they're not inherently against us as people - they just don't wnat us trying to run their country..................
that is the real problem - they're not inherently against us as people - they just don't wnat us trying to run their country..................
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You may remember the battle field tours organized in Iraq in 2003. The organizers agreed afterwards that perhaps it wasn't such a good idea.
