{"id":72,"date":"2020-03-26T13:01:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T13:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrick-dufray.eurosof.de\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2026-02-28T15:43:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:43:56","slug":"kaboul","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pierrick-dufray.eurosof.de\/en\/kaboul\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Kabul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Herat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kabul
A legendary and devastating stop on the road to Kathmandu, where collective drug use and poverty coexist in a medieval setting. We stay in a basic hotel on Chicken Street, where Western freaks gather to smoke Afghan Black, a powerful hashish that alters one’s perception of time and reality. The city, divided between a modern center and artisanal alleyways, reveals extreme poverty: crippled beggars, children harassing tourists, and nomads camping in the dry bed of the Kabul River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clandestine drug dens, like the one discovered near the post office, offer intense hallucinogenic experiences, but the omnipresent presence of junkies\u2014including Claude, a former traveling companion now addicted to heroin, and Estelle, a 16-year-old runaway on the path to self-destruction\u2014plunges me into rebellious despair.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Quartiers pauvres sur la colline au dessus de Kabul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The scenes of collective drug use, with giant hookahs and hypnotic music, contrast with the horror of bodies ravaged by drugs, symbolizing the \u201ccollective suicide of a lost generation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dans une fumerie clandestine \u00e0 Kabul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Petit chilum dans le jardin de l\u00b4h\u00f4tel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The atmosphere becomes stifling. The streets, saturated with drug dealers and addicts in withdrawal, transform Kabul into a \u201cmass grave\u201d where the idealism of the early days gives way to impotent anger.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The departure for Bamiyan to see the Great Buddhas is an attempt to give meaning to our trip by going beyond the simple consumption of drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bamiyan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Herat KabulA legendary and devastating stop on the road to Kathmandu, where collective drug use and poverty coexist in a medieval setting. We stay in a basic hotel on Chicken Street, where Western freaks gather to smoke Afghan Black, a powerful hashish that alters one’s perception of time and reality. The city, divided between a … <\/p>\n

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