The entrance to the City Park fairground in the Afghan capital Kabul is jam-packed. People are moving impatiently through the spiralling queue to the ticket booth.
Inside the fairground there is a candyfloss stand and a sandwich and French-fries kiosk where another long queue is forming.
It is the weekend and families have come out in droves with their little ones.
The park is buzzing with the music from the rides and the voices of excited children.
Young boys and girls were rushing to get a place on the rides, their parents following them with tickets.
Hosnia Abdullah, 27, got into the teacup ride with her two children. It has been months since she has taken them out to play.