Favorite Bamyan pics, and a movie

In case you weren't able to check out the Flickr site for these, here are my favorite pictures from Bamyan. I'm going back as soon as Southwest Airlines will fly me there from Oakland.



The Big Buddha Niche


The smaller third buddha, with monks' cliff-dwellings underneath


Breakfast on the way to Band-e Amir...feelin' just a little more chipper than the rest of the crew


Boy on top of the "Dragon's Back" geological site


Proud Hazara shopkeeper out in the provinces


Going for a swim in the Band-e Amir Lakes