Someday soon they will be talking about Bamyian in the same breath.
Oh yes tourism will spoil the place a little ... It might get crowded again with pilgrims in great humility before the easy to conjure up Buddha. It may be difficult to get a great cliffside view of the valley from the Roof of Bamyian Hotel ... but every room has its charm. And I’m sure Tourism Bamyian has some other great suggstions.
Visitors will be helping to fund and shape the tourism leg of the economic development strategy of Afghanistan’s most compelling province. Bamyian is one of the great crossroads of ancient history only a fraction of which has been uncovered.
Ensure that you make plenty of time to just sit … and stare … and honour …
