The Buddha of Bamiyan Afghanistan Adventures#33 ~ Mary Smith

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Mary Smith’s Place:

Bamiyan, Autumn 1989

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The view from my window

A murmur of male voices penetrated my subconscious in the morning. A row of men wearing expressions of ill-concealed curiosity gazed in the direction of my sleeping bag. A ferocious glare from Khudadad had them gathering up their belongings and murmuring goodbyes as they hurriedly left the room. The cook, in a grease spattered apron, was busy at his stove, for some reason situated on the veranda overlooking the street. Breakfast smelt good.

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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3 Responses to The Buddha of Bamiyan Afghanistan Adventures#33 ~ Mary Smith

  1. Nabeela's avatar Nabeela says:
    May 3, 2020 at 21:14

    Nice post….

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  2. Mary Smith's avatar Mary Smith says:
    May 4, 2020 at 00:05

    Thanks, Sue. He was rather splendid wasn’t he? I was lucky to visit a few times before they were destroyed, including once with my son who called them the ‘good giants’, as opposed to the bad ones in his story books.

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