I enjoyed the story and especially the pictures. I wouldn't go there myself, even when I was young and bold, but this guy, Ryan is handling this well. He seems to have experience traveling in different countries with different cultures. One thing that i will note is that he seemed to say, that people that he encountered had little hostility, and by and large there was overwhelmingly hospitable. It is also interesting that Ryan commented that he told a local man that this was the most beautiful place he had ever seen and the man responded that he thought that he'd like to go to New York City for a beautiful place. We always wish for what is just out of reach. I'm looking forward to reading more.

I've traveled to many countries. Nothing like Afghanistan, but each trip had tense moments and surprisingly good moments. The good times far outweighed the bad or tense times.