More from the Shrine

 From closer up.  We went walking "outside the wire," as they call it.  So we landed in the "strong point," a mini-base, about 150 yards or so from the shrine.  Then we walk to the gate, which is open, and one of the soldiers drags the barbed wire that is blocking the road off to one side, we walk past it and off we go up the hill toward the shrine.  That's outside the wire.  We spent about an hour walking around in the little town, and then walked back to the mini-base, the soldier dragged the barbed wire back into place, and we were back "inside the wire."  Unfortunately, I hadn't had coffee that morning, so I was not wired myself.