Friday in town ... though many of you might think that there is nothing to do in a town like Kabul, there are indeed quite some few things one can do. Not long ago for instance I got a chance to jump on a helicopter flight. OK, I want elaborate too much on the circumstances (it was a maintenance flight, which basically means that some repair work had to be done on the helicopter and to see whether the repair was useful or not, a little flight is undertaken). Lucky I was just standing next to this friend of mine when he got invited to join his colleagues on the flight, and so, two hours later, we drove into the heli section of Kabul airport, witnessing the last screw of the rotor blades being tightened. After a short, but professional introduction (ala "in case we have an emergency landing please try to remain calm") we took off. I felt a bit queasy when we were all of a sudden lifted up into the air, as if somebody would pull on the rotor blades of our helicopter - but once I got used to, I just loved it! The feeling of buzzing like an bee through the sky and looking down upon the hustle and bustle of Kabuls streets and the quietness of the country side around Kabul. And, with a little bit of photoshop, I was able to get rid of the smog that blurred the pictures initially :)
Andy, Wendy, and Jared, getting ready for the flight (while last repairs are done on the blades...)
Centre of Kabul 
Road to the Airport (great visibility of aid money...)
Country side around Kabul - geometry in its best 
Myself, laughing over all the funny stuff that pilots from russian planes are shouting into their radios
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