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General Tips: The changing face of kabul
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  • Written by husain on Apr 17, 2006
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    • Favorite Thing: Among the most noticable changes in Kabul- visually at least- is the new buildings and construction projects mushrooming around the city. Some rather swanky buildings, including the Kabul Serena, the fancy 5 star hotel. That apart, i was at a shopping mall, that had just gotten ready, complete with escalators and elevators, and also modern looking phone booths, installed across the city.
    This was something new and quite a contrast to either of my earlier trips.
    That being said, its something that dosent represent the large chunk of its poorer majority, and there are real problems and issues- like power supply. Kabul and the rest of the country, face severe power shortages and diesel gensets are a way of life...
    The Government does plan to buy power from the neighbouring countries soon and eventually generate power on its own.


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  • Written by husain on Apr 20, 2006
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    • Favorite Thing: The prices in Kabul are skyrocketing. From rent to goods and services. Everything is available but at a price. The value of the local currency - the afghani- is almost the same as is the Indian rupee vs the dollar. And children on the streets will often come up and ask for dollars.
    There has been criticism of the aid received - which is being termed ineffective and the buzzword in the finance ministry circles is `aid effectiveness'. One example of this which was quoted is that it may be much cheaper to bring in an engineer from India to work on a certain project as against going in for a high cost option from the west.


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    General Tips: traffic sense
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  • Updated by husain on Apr 16, 2006
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    • Favorite Thing: The traffic moves to the right hand side, but the cars are often left hand drive... thats because many of them are imported used cars from the gulf region.
    I tried my hands at the wheels of a landrover - driving up to the airport once... somewhat confusing!


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    General Tips: back to school...
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  • Updated by husain on Jan 18, 2009
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    • Favorite Thing: One of the places we shot at was this school- for both boys and girls. An enthusiastic bunch of children and teachers...
    It was a very welcome sight to see kids here, rather than the kids whose faces we saw on the streets everyday...


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    SuzanneWheeler Wed Feb 4, 2009 23:12 UTC
     ate many times at the Thai Restuarant 2004. Was a wonderful surprise. I am trying to find an old friend. Can you help me. His name is Marshall Perry. It was told to me he purchased one of the fine older Russian homes there in Kabul. Please reply.    		DrAli Tue Nov 14, 2006 22:55 UTC
     The reasons they're all Toyotas (taxis): Pakistan has Toyota factories giving cheap access to spare parts. Most cars stolen in Pak end up in Af. Toyotas have a reputation for being tough as nails.
    Siddha3th Wed May 17, 2006 07:42 UTC
     From the 'graveyard of tanks', to the broken down palace at Istalif, to the naughty Afghan kids... just fascinating pages. So nice to come across something as intriguing and vital as this on VT. So long Husain... Siddharth. P.S. - could we swap jobs? :-)    		Nourin Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:16 UTC
     Thanx for the reminder... :-)
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