Checked out of Kabul Hotel and moved to Metropole. A London to Kathmandu bus was stopping over and it’s a nice comfortable hotel.
View of the mountains from our hotel over the rooftops of Kabul
The bus organizers had posted a map of good restaurants and the best shopping area (“Chicken Street”) so it made our orientation easier, too. There is lots of beautiful leather work and Bryan immediately bought the perfect camera bag (200afg/$4). The exchange rate is about $1 = 42 afg. There is also a large selection of peasant style dresses that have become popular in the US. Actually they are Afghan traditional style and have been adapted to western styles. Exquisite embroidery. We decided they were too bulky to send home, although I did buy an embroidered strip to take home. Also bought some warm hand knit socks; did I mention it is cold here?
In the evening we went to dinner at a sit-on-cushions-on-the-floor Afghan restaurant with some of the bus people. Tasty “shashlick” with egg.
The next morning was still cold but fortunately there is a space heater in our room. Walked to the FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization) to see about Bryan’s physical and if there are any interesting projects in Afghanistan. The check-up will take 4 to 5 days and we might stay if the weather changes. The FAO director was out.
Walked about and bought a suitcase for Bryan and then “exchanged” our old canvas backpack/bags that I had sewn for the trip for a purse for me and 150 AFG. Now we’ve got plenty of leather – enough.
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