User talk:Bluuurgh
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[edit] You took a photo of the Taliban?
it is remarkable that you took a photo of the taliban. Image:Taliban-herat-2001.jpg
what is the story behind getting such an amazing shot? Kingturtle 20:35, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
- man, that must've been risky, too. SMC 06:58, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
- not really. i dressed like a local to stop people staring (i have long hair, which i hid under a headscarf). my beard was a bit of a give away, as it was only four weeks old when i entered the county. when asked at taliban checkpoints i just said i was christian. in the north (traveling from mazar to herat) several people thought i was tajik. the picture of the taliban in a jeep i took from my hotel, secretly through the curtains... bluuurgh 14:35, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ghazna Minaret
I'm a Japanese Wikipedian, "Tantal-ja". Nice to meet you!
Please I ask you your taking photo [[Image:Ghazni-minaret1.jpg]] to offer Wiki-Commons, because in Japanese Wikipedia we can't use your Ghazni-minaret.
I'm writing "Islamic Architecture" ver. Japanese.--Tantal-ja 05:14, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
- the image can now be found under the same name on wikimedia commons. -- bluuurgh 19:08, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Thank you for your contribution!
- I can check your taking photo in the Japanese Wikipedia!--Tantal-ja 13:04, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] How did you do this?
People who do this have always facinated me, as ive planned to make a simmilar trip. How did you make it through Afghanistan? how profficent where you in the language(s) beforehand? what is your ethnicity? where did you go? how did you get in/out? I know its like asking you to write a book, sorry. You dont hae to answer if you dont want to.
- i don't speak arabic or farsi but i did have a farsi phrase book. i had already travelled in several islamic countries, so i knew how to behave. i'm european, but if i let my beard grow and wear ethnic (afghan) clothing i look like somebody from central asia (people there often took me for a tadjik).
- gettting there: i just flew to pakistan in the hope i would be able to get a visum there. have a look at http://travel.bluuurgh.com/pakistan for me getting there; i still have to type up my afghan diary. traveling around the country was 'normal' compared to traveling in african or middle eastern contries, although the roads were the worst i have ever encountered.
- before i left i knew it should be safe to travel through taliban land as i was sure nobody would dare rob me. i would not travel in afghanistan at the moment for fear of loosing my life.
- keep an eye on my (personal) webpage, i hope to have my afghan story finished within a few months. --bluuurgh 11:49, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
