These people extremely kind an curios. Where were we from? When they found Reza was from the Panj Sheer area, they unanimously said, Ghahremaane Afghanistan! (The Hero of Aghanistan! - referring to Ahmad Shah Masoud). Next, were we on the mountains to collect herbal medicine? If so, we were too slow, we should come back in three or four months. Is it true that when it is day time here, it is night in America? What is on the other side of America? Reza said, nothing. Oh, so America is the end of the world? Could we travel to England and America without papers? Reza, responded again, no. It is impossible, unless you travel illegally by land through Iran, Trukey, Greece, etc... at some point surely you would get arrested and sent back, or you would be put on a boat and drowned in the ocean. Is ocean big? How big is the ocean? Does it have whales? How big are the whales? ... we sat and talked for about 2 hours.