Observations of an Unimportant Man
Inane jabber, uneducated opinion and plenty a piccies (2261 and counting) from places near and far.
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A Boy Fishing
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Crossing Balochistan With Pedro - Iran/Pakistan
A turbaned Pashtun offers me a joint with a toothless smile and a nod of his head before he squats on his haunches. "Afghanistan", he says, pointing to the joint and then to the right of the sun sinking slowly toward the horizon. Twenty metres to my left, a dozen men on prayer mats bow in unison toward Mecca - a thousand-plus miles to the west over brambles and hillocks of scorched, ochre earth. If nowhere has a middle, it's got to be close.
