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Every once in a while we would reach a south facing patch where the snow has melted completely, and we could see the red coloured earth.
After about 20 minutes of walk we started seeing the snow on the path. The day was sunny and beautiful, the snow old and rough. I had told Rory that I was not properly equipped for a snow walk. He said, don't worry, neither am I as he pressed on. The rest of us followed. I tried to step in his footsteps to avoid getting my shoes and trousers too wet.
As we continued the depth of the snow began to increase gradually. Soon we were mostly in about 2 -3 feet of snow. By now we had lost the trail.
Stef and Rory were again dressed in their traditional attire, while Reza and I were in jeans. I was wearing a pair of comfortable summery Puma sneakers with a velcro fastening.
By the time we were done walking "up one leg" of the big Buddha and down the other, a bunch of local boys had gathered in the field in front of the sites and were playing football.
We were planing to go to Bande Amir the next day. It was an hour's drive and was supposed to have a very nice lake where even I could swim in its remote parts. At the end of the first day, when we returned to the hotel, we found that two German journalists who had attempted to get there had to return, because the road was too muddy and their four wheel drives had got stuck.
The older ones were not playing with the younger ones. After a new minutes, Rory asked one of them if they wanted to play. Soon afterwards, there were about 30 Afghan kids playing ball with Stefan and Rory, while Reza and I sat on the "bleachers" and watched.
So we had to change our plans. We decided to go for an "easy" walk for few hours, and then drive to Daraye Ejdeha, where a rock formation looks like a dragon, rumored to have been slain by Hazrate Ali. So we set out leisurely after breakfast and drove about 30 minutes to Kohe Baba. Parked the car at bottom of the trail and started walking up.
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