我在本拉登的compound拍了视频，可惜华人只能贴Youtube或Twitter上发表的视频，因此无法放上来。 I was standing on Osmar Bin Laden''''s compound in Abbottabad, where he was captured and shot dead by US Navy Seal on May 2nd, 2011. Before I recount how I got here, a huge “thank you” to Juan who suggested this visit two days ago. It wasn''''t on my list originally, but it''''s a great journey to venture out so I added it last minute. I also modified Juan''''s suggestion of hiring a car from Islamabad, instead, I took Daewoo Bus from Lahore to Abbottabad directly. It was a 6.5 hours journey. My plan was to walk to Bin Laden''''s house by foot from my hotel. The hotel manager asked me where I was going, I casually brushed it off “Nothing much, just walk around.” He insisted finding a body guard for me, or walking as a guardian as my company. I politely and insistently refused. As Abbottabad is heavily militarized, I tried my best to lay low and blend in, however, my LOWA Renegade and my constantly dropping headscarf were quite the telltale signs of a foreign woman. I pretended walking very confidently, without looking at my phone for direction all the time, only glimpsed at it when no one was around. I did get a few curious inquiries, and I would just politely respond with “tourist, just walking around”. I saw soldiers carrying guns guarding at doors, I walked by without showing any doubts nor did I make any eye contact. The alleys were narrow and winding. I snatched a few pictures along my way. All the houses were equipped with barb wires, and some of them were quite grand in local standard. As I turned into the last alley, a bearded young man from a seemingly wealthy dwelling asked me what I was looking for. I somehow felt safe to tell him I was looking for Osmar Bin Laden''''''''s compound. He said, "It''''s right over there. I''''ll show you". So here I was, at the place where Bin Laden took his last breath. The young men took a ton of pictures for me, from all angles. When I asked to take a picture of him or with him, he declined. That was quite surprising to me, as I was literally asked to take pictures with, almost everywhere I went in Pakistan, as if I were a celebrity (Not very enjoyable experience BTW, when the requests get excessive). After I was done with pictures, another man from an ambulance asked my identity and purpose. I told him the truth, and the man offered me a ride on the ambulance to take me to the main road, where I could hail a shared taxi to my next destination. This is not a tourist destination, but I''''m glad I visited, on my own, with help from so many.
我在本拉登的compound拍了视频，可惜华人只能贴Youtube或Twitter上发表的视频，因此无法放上来。
I was standing on Osmar Bin Laden''''s compound in Abbottabad, where he was captured and shot dead by US Navy Seal on May 2nd, 2011.
Before I recount how I got here, a huge “thank you” to Juan who suggested this visit two days ago. It wasn''''t on my list originally, but it''''s a great journey to venture out so I added it last minute. I also modified Juan''''s suggestion of hiring a car from Islamabad, instead, I took Daewoo Bus from Lahore to Abbottabad directly. It was a 6.5 hours journey.
My plan was to walk to Bin Laden''''s house by foot from my hotel. The hotel manager asked me where I was going, I casually brushed it off “Nothing much, just walk around.” He insisted finding a body guard for me, or walking as a guardian as my company. I politely and insistently refused.
As Abbottabad is heavily militarized, I tried my best to lay low and blend in, however, my LOWA Renegade and my constantly dropping headscarf were quite the telltale signs of a foreign woman. I pretended walking very confidently, without looking at my phone for direction all the time, only glimpsed at it when no one was around.
I did get a few curious inquiries, and I would just politely respond with “tourist, just walking around”. I saw soldiers carrying guns guarding at doors, I walked by without showing any doubts nor did I make any eye contact.
The alleys were narrow and winding. I snatched a few pictures along my way. All the houses were equipped with barb wires, and some of them were quite grand in local standard.
As I turned into the last alley, a bearded young man from a seemingly wealthy dwelling asked me what I was looking for. I somehow felt safe to tell him I was looking for Osmar Bin Laden''''''''s compound. He said, "It''''s right over there. I''''ll show you".
So here I was, at the place where Bin Laden took his last breath. The young men took a ton of pictures for me, from all angles. When I asked to take a picture of him or with him, he declined. That was quite surprising to me, as I was literally asked to take pictures with, almost everywhere I went in Pakistan, as if I were a celebrity (Not very enjoyable experience BTW, when the requests get excessive).
After I was done with pictures, another man from an ambulance asked my identity and purpose. I told him the truth, and the man offered me a ride on the ambulance to take me to the main road, where I could hail a shared taxi to my next destination.
This is not a tourist destination, but I''''m glad I visited, on my own, with help from so many.
每个人关注的点不同吧。
当年我看Zero Dark Thirty的时候，就对整个Operation Neptune Spear深感兴趣，如何发现本拉登，如何监视，如何试探性行动，如何下令，如何执行，这些都是我很想知道的信息。
在这次探寻本拉登最后的藏身之地过程中，我也和当地的居民交流过，询问他们行动当晚的情形，之前是否有注意到这栋房子的异常等等，总之这些都是我真正的兴趣所在，不是说只为了打个卡。
其实对我来说，去某个网红胜地，吃顿网红餐点，回来后还要发个朋友圈之类的，才真的想问一句：有必要吗？
你的解释合理，但也没有必要说其他网红点了，就像你说的关注点不同而已了。
这些另类“景地”确实很有意思，当然，如果因为探寻而中途丢命，也只能说求仁得仁，想清楚就好。
就好像有个女自行车手骑遍全世界，最后在澳洲半夜被卡车撞死了，很多人觉得她不值，可要她自己知道风险还毅然前往，也算死得其所了。
人生就是这么回事，想明白，就去做，不要后悔，就值了。
为楼主点赞。
谢谢。
没关系的，质疑的人我都能理解，我的旅行还是太小众，太非主流了。
其实最初我也是和大家一样，从那些受欢迎的大众国家开始走起的，但慢慢地，就开始想看更多跟自己熟知的环境不一样的地区和人文了。可能这就是那些质疑我的人所认为的猎奇? 他们说的也不能算错，这的确是一种好奇心驱使的行为，我就是对那些我不了解的事物充满无穷无尽的好奇，还有那些我了解的历史想去看更多。
这当然不是每个人都会做的事。但我原想，如果有人做了，至少大部分人会愿意了解，愿意知道，愿意看看别人走过的路? 我本想继续贴我在索马里，在利比亚，在中非共和国，在刚果，在南苏丹等等一般人很少会去到但地方的见闻，但就算了吧。不挑战大家的眼球和三观了。
空闲时也许会贴一些大家喜闻乐见的目的地。刚刚从希腊的科孚岛回来，不知道有没有人有兴趣看?
多贴贴你的游记啊，特别是你提到的那些旅游地，光看地名就让人汗毛竖起来了（哈哈，是好奇的）。 曾经当年在天涯追过一些游记，记得有一个阿纲走中国，走遍国内各地，而且走到了各个省市的小县城级别，游记贴了许多他拍的照片，这么多年后，我还会想起来他游记中的片段。 所以，别觉得你写的文字会寂寞，有内容有风格的文字不会寂寞的，你不知道有多少读者默默的关注，在心里留下了深深的印象（这就是公共论坛的作用）。 等看希腊科孚岛