Veteran travelers and photographers, Roland and Sabrina Michaud spent fourteen years, through 1979, in Afghanistan, recording a way of life - age-old, classic Islam - that most likely no longer exists. This makes the stunningly beautiful pages that follow all the more poignant, for in them we see with glowing clarity the pride, enduring faith, and self-sufficiency of a yet unconquered people. To them this book is dedicated

Roland and Sabrina Michaud became fascinated with this unique, and once obscure (to Americans) country. They decided to return again and again, over a period of more than a decade, from the late `60’s to the time of the Russian invasion of 1979. At one time the country was on the so-called “hippie route,” the overland route to India. They found their “wonder” not at the end of the route, but along the way. They have shared their fascination with us, primarily via the photograph, in this, as well as other books.