How To Visit Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor
The Expert Vagabond
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Published : Aug, 2021
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In August 2016 I traveled through Afghanistan as an American for two weeks, backpacking across the beautiful Pamir mountains in the Wakhan Corridor. This is how I did it.
DISCLAIMER: The US government warns against travel to Afghanistan. Just because I went, does not mean I think everyone should go. The safety situation changes on a weekly basis, and requires a good deal of research/planning.
When I told family & friends I was planning a trip to Afghanistan, they thought I’d lost my mind.
Afghanistan, the war-torn Central Asian (or Middle Eastern, depending on who you ask) country full of terrorists, soldiers, car bombs, predator drones, and IEDs.
Why the hell would I want to go there?
Afghanistan has been on my bucket list for a few years after I met a fellow traveler and public speaker Shane Dallas who happened to share his experience with me at a travel industry conference.
I learned that the version of the country most of us see each night on the evening news is simply not the full story…
Parts of Afghanistan can be dangerous, sure, but it’s also full of beauty, hospitality, and history too.
This is the Afghanistan I was on a mission to seek out and share.
DISCLAIMER: The US government warns against travel to Afghanistan. Just because I went, does not mean I think everyone should go. The safety situation changes on a weekly basis, and requires a good deal of research/planning.
When I told family & friends I was planning a trip to Afghanistan, they thought I’d lost my mind.
Afghanistan, the war-torn Central Asian (or Middle Eastern, depending on who you ask) country full of terrorists, soldiers, car bombs, predator drones, and IEDs.
Why the hell would I want to go there?
Afghanistan has been on my bucket list for a few years after I met a fellow traveler and public speaker Shane Dallas who happened to share his experience with me at a travel industry conference.
I learned that the version of the country most of us see each night on the evening news is simply not the full story…
Parts of Afghanistan can be dangerous, sure, but it’s also full of beauty, hospitality, and history too.
This is the Afghanistan I was on a mission to seek out and share.