The hotel is perched on the side of a mountain blanketed in snow. The ice-slicked road outside is treacherous. It stretches for kilometres in either direction through jagged peaks as it winds around the edges of cliffs and dips past piles of boulders left over from frequent rockslides.
Traversing the Sabzak Pass in Afghanistan is treacherous. But for travelers in distress, one innkeeper, who personifies Afghan generosity, is there to help with a cup of tea, a meal or car repair.