Afghanistan: The Blue Mosque

As a follow up to my last post on the beauty of Mazar-i-Sharif, I'm including some pictures here of the ancient Blue Mosque in the center of the city. The mosque is the city's, and one of Afghanistan's, most famous landmarks. In person this sprawling and mosaic-tiled mosque, garden and courtyard complex is truly stunning. One element that makes it even more magical is that thousands of white birds descend on the mosque each morning.