Horse riding in the mountains

Horse riding in the mountains
Originally uploaded by Kyle Liddell.

Horse riding early in the morning at Mirwais’s place early in the morning. We traveled out of Kabul to visit Mirwais at 5am in the morning. We arrived at his place in the village where he keeps 4 horses. We rode for hours in the hills around Kabul. These were not the type of horses that you find at an Australian riding school that slowly follow behind each other. These were strong, unruly buzkashi horses that took all of my power and energy to control. There was no one telling me to go slower or coaching me in how to ride. There was just me hanging on for dear life.

It was another occasion where I was the only woman, and I managed to impress all the men in our party with my riding abilities as well as draw a crowd from the local children who were eager to watch a western woman on a horse.