Destination: Pakistan
There are [35] stories and [69] photos from Pakistan
Few Westerners know much about Pakistan beyond media impressions of Islamic fundamentalism, communal violence and martial law, but it contains some of Asia's most mind-blowing landscapes, extraordinary trekking, a multitude of cultures and a long tradition of hospitality.
Pakistan is the site of some of the earliest human settlements, home to an ancient civilisation rivalling those of Egypt and Mesopotamia, and the crucible of two of the world's major religions, Hinduism and Buddhism, both of which have their roots in the subcontinent. It's far more than the last hurdle before reaching India.
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Tue, 19 Feb 2008 | By damonlk | Views [159] | Comments [2]
Two hours north west of Lahore, and half way to Gujranwala, is the town of Aminabad. Once prosperous, for the last 150 years it has been slipping into quiet obscurity. The decline began in the 19 th century with the realignment of the GT Road.... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Sun, 3 Feb 2008 | By damonlk | Views [148]
Just outside Lahore on the
road that once connected Delhi to Kabul, and across the floodplain of the now dry Ravi, are the twin tombs of Nur Jahan and her husband,
the Mughal Emperor Jehangir.
The road, though now sheared of its ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 | By damonlk | Views [199]
Pakistan
is well known internationally for its cricket, turbulent politics, and key role
in the complex geostrategy of region. It also has a vigorous arts sector, and
contributes strongly to the art of South Asia,
of which the recent rise ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Mon, 21 Jan 2008 | By damonlk | Views [120]
On Wednesday we returned to Pakistan after three weeks
travelling through its neighbour, sometime enemy, and rising regional
superpower, India. Crossing the border felt like coming home, and that small
absurd step across an invisible line cleared ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Mon, 7 Jan 2008 | By damonlk | Views [137]
Bhutto died on Thursday afternoon. Once confirmed word
spread fast from mouth to mouth to mobile phone. What began as a certain
posture between two men talking in a doorway spread quickly up and down the
street.
With regrettable, ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Mon, 7 Jan 2008 | By miriamvkenter | Views [128]
Young boys and men throw their simple paper and bamboo kites high above their heads to catch a gust of wind. The winning gust takes their kite on a one kilometer journey into the sky. It is a challenge getting it to catch onto that one breath of ... Read more >
Tags: People
Sat, 29 Dec 2007 | By damonlk | Views [132]
Just before Pakistan proper ends, and the interzone of autonomous tribal regions begin, some 40km from the Afghan border, are a series of markets. As with markets everywhere they sell everything, and the first hundred metres are dominated by ... Read more >
Tags: Markets
Sat, 29 Dec 2007 | By miriamvkenter | Views [118]
The children don't stop playing, they take advantage of the empty streets. Games of cricket are set up in every other empty alley and street. The sounds of laughter, cheers, makeshift cricket bats whacking makeshift balls echo off the closed facades.... Read more >
Tags: People
Wed, 19 Dec 2007 | By damonlk | Views [193] | Comments [2]
Inside Bhatti Gate in the walled city, and just before the
remains of the red light district, is the Fakir Khana
Museum. Housed in a
traditional three story house, and built on the collection of gifts and
tributes paid to an advisor of Maharajah ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Tue, 18 Dec 2007 | By miriamvkenter | Views [127]
A wrong way walk down the ganda-nella highway (the open-sewer highway) was frustrating and confusing mostly for me - but also for the hundreds of rickshaw, car and truck drivers, and especially the police roaming the side of the busy, stinky road. ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
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