On the way , as he travelled through the high passes of the Hindu Kush and the expanse of the Afghan steppes , he spent two nights in German houses . हिंदुकुश के दर्रों से ऊपर चढ़ते और हरे-भरे विस्तृत मैदान लांघते , दो रातें उन्होंने जर्मन मेजबानों के यहां बितायीं .