After departing Bamiyan, we headed up north to Pul-i-Kumri…

Arriving in Pul-i-Kumri , where else could we spend the night but where “respectable guests” stay? Unfortunately, the guests were far more respectable than the hotel:

The street in front of the hotel, as usual, was filled with men trying to sell all manner of goods and services. Such as this man below offering shoe repair services:

However, as evidenced by the home below, some individuals are certainly not stuck selling trinkets on the street. Pul-i-Kumri is along one of the Afghan smuggling routes: