You can either stay in the main house or in the garden rooms which
are all en-suite. All the rooms have excellent internet and satellite
TV.
Always
described as a “rice free zone” from when Gandamack
Lodge first opened in late 2001. Flashman’s Restaurant has
a varied menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner with superb soups,
pepper steaks and lamb chops.
The
surroundings are colonial and the lodge offers a great intimate
candle lit atmosphere. Garden BBQs and dinners with fully laid
tables with candles, lanterns, sabres, flags and lamb on a spit
give you the chance to experience a bit of Harry Flashman’s
19th Century Kabul.
The
Hare and Hound Watering Hole in the basement is a great hang out
especially in winter with the spacious garden taking over from
spring onwards.
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Visiting
journalists often stay at the lodge and after more than 25 years
of filming in Afghanistan (including Osama and Mullah Omar), Peter
and his guests are often the best company in the city.
The
lodge still takes you back in time with its collection of guns,
historical pieces, good furnishings, fine candlelit dinners and
summer BBQs in the garden.
Now
there’s a family element too with Peter’s wife Hassina
and their two daughters offering further hospitality.
Non
guests are welcome for breakfast, lunch and dinners.
The
lodge is also linked to the Frontline Club in London (www.frontlineclub.com)
as Peter was one of the founders of the Frontline TV news agency
(his story and that of the other members can be read in David
Loyn’s excellent book Frontline, The True Story of the British
Mavericks Who Changed the Face of War Reporting). The lodge also
has body armour for rent.
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