Mazar-e Sharif

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Mazar-e Sharif (or Mazar-e-Sharif, Mazar-i Sharif, Mazar-i-Sharif, even Mazar Sharif or just Mazar) is a city in Afghanistan and the main city of Balkh province.

Contents 1 Get in 2 Get around 3 See 4 Do 5 Buy 6 Eat 7 Drink 8 Sleep 9 Get out 10 External links

Get in

By road from Kabul can take 5 hours, via the Salang Pass. The road has been improved and is possible with a normal car. It is also possible from Sheberghan, Konduz and neighbouring Uzbekistan.

Get around

There are plenty of taxis to be hired. Negotiated price before getting in.

See

• The Blue Mosque - Tomb Of Hazrat Ali, cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad. At nightime the Mosque is lit by coloured lights. However the homeless make the park surrounding the Mosque their own so it may not be a good area to walk around for a closer look at this time.

Do

Do a holy prayer and your wishes will come true.

Buy

Eat

• Between the Farhat Hotel and the Blue Mosque there are food stalls on both sides of the road. Places tend to close when the sun goes down. Bagels with greens, tomato and french fries are very tasty. Fruit shakes can be had too to wash it down along with soft drinks and tea.

Drink

Sleep

• Farhat hotel. Rooms from $40USD with bathroom and television (CNN, BBC World) but can be negotiated.
• Local hotels. Multibed rooms from $10-20 with common bathroom and toilet. Cheaper rooms have worse toilet facilities.

Get out

External links

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