Bamyan
Town in the Bamyan valley of central Afghanistan. Dervla Murphy’s base for three days in Full Tilt (as ‘Bamian’).
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Tilt | Dervla Murphy | setting | A bare ‘Luxury, Grade A’ hotel with a view of the great Buddha from her window. |
Sub-places
Full Tilt — Dervla Murphy (1965)
Source: Full Tilt - Ireland to India With a Bicycle · Original · Readwise highlight
(The side-splitting part of this story is that Bamian Hotel is listed as Luxury, Grade A!)
- Role: setting
- In the book: She and three Indian travellers reach the cold, bare hotel, listed as ‘Luxury, Grade A’, and pool tinned food and borrowed lamps. Next morning she wakes to see the great Buddha across the valley from her window.
- Why it matters: The hotel sits on a cliff above the valley and is her base for three days.