CONTRARY to popular belief, travel narrows the mind in a way a modern Marco Polo wouldnt believe. For example, your correspondent has recently been spending some time in Afghanistan, where the conditions are, to say the least, less than cosmopolitan. So on my return for a break to Jakarta, while approaching Soekarno-Hatta, visions flooded up to the mind of balmy nights, green avenues, smiling faces, and a