The road from Herat to Mazar-i-Sharif was rough and
mostly unpaved. It crossed several mid-sized ranges of
craggy mountains, a few lush river valleys, and vast
expanses of sparsely populated desert. It took several
days of physically demanding and exhausting travel. Long
hours of travel through open country were broken by
occasional villages, such as this one with its typical
mud buildings. © 1977, 1999 Richard McGuire
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