No shortage of oddness in Kabul

I thought I would share a couple of amusing snaps from the past week in Kabul. It's only in these kinds of countries where you would see such things, I feel.

Firstly, we have a woman travelling in the boot of a car. Clearly not happy with the prospect of having the boot locking her inside, she opts to hold it open, no doubt tiring her right arm significantly. As we approached from behind, we saw that there was also a kid or two in the boot with her, not to mention uncountable others stuffed inside the car.

The next one was taken by a colleague in the 4th floor toilets at the Ministry of Finance. It is a urinal on the windowsill - out of use, of course. There isn't any barrier between it and the outside world; I fear a sudden collossal gust of wind may dislodge it and send it crashing to the streets below. Being floored by a flying urinal would not be a good way to go...

It's these kinds of things that provide bursts of amusement when living in a place like Kabul - and the way they are so unexpected make it even more so.