Thanks for the comments abaya.
I haven't seen The Kite Runner yet, but I did read the book when I first got here. Quite moving. As for recovering enough for Western travelers... Not anytime soon :-|
Glad you liked the stairwell shot. I wasn't really sure it was very good, I just liked it personally. Glad I'm not the only one. The Pashtuns sitting on the wall was a favorite. Originally it was just the younger guy, but as I walked over there to take the pic, the older guy climbed up to bum a smoke off the younger guy. I asked if I could take their picture and they were happy to let me. I guess they'd rather a camera pointed at them than an M4.
