Destination: Pakistan

From Sikh Serenity to Pakistani Pomp

Sun, 1 Jul 2007 | By ye-travels | Views [2068]

There is only one legal international border crossing between Pakistan and India and it sits in the Punjab province of each country (at partition Punjab was split in two). Its an easy trip from Delhi on a speedy day train or a slow night train at less ... Read more >

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It's Thursday Sufi Night in Lahore

Sun, 1 Jul 2007 | By ye-travels | Views [3042]

Lahore is a huge, busy, modern city and when we were there it was also really hot. We decided we would stay only two nights, so we packed our days in an attempt to experience the most of the city. Our first stop was the Lahore Museum, which I only ... Read more >

Tags: culture

The Heat is On!

Sat, 12 May 2007 | By mutt | Views [1389] | Comments [6]

60km from the Afgahn border, at Peswar city. Historical city, Peswar was ground for some famous explorers, conquerors, and tyrans - Alexander the Great, Marco Polo, Genghis Khan, Timur, Bakur, and ME, Rodrigo The Stubborn. Peswar is famous for being ... Read more >

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Pakistan VIP style

Wed, 2 May 2007 | By mutt | Views [1893] | Comments [5]

My last days in India were in Amritsar, 30km away from the Pakistane border. Amritsar is a a city known for it´s large Sikh population and it´s temple - Golden Temple. Incredible! The temple is a number of buildings surrounding this man-made pool where ... Read more >

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how i decided to go to Pakistan

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 | By kokoricooo | Views [805] | Comments [1]

Sufism is the mystic way of Islam. I got introduced to it's magical music in Rajasthan, and I just fell in love with it.  I am actually also tired of India, and i wanted to find my next destination . I was thinking about Burma, China, Pakistan and ... Read more >

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Climbing the Karakoram

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 | By craigandsimon | Views [5613] | Comments [9]

The Karakoram Highway blasts its way through some of the world's largest mountains and snakes its way north from Islamabad to the Chinese border. It is a remarkable feat of Pakistani army engineering - arching along impossibly steep slopes, skirting ... Read more >

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Gallery: Pakistan

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 | By craigandsimon | Photo Gallery

Boiling on the border

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 | By craigandsimon | Views [1712]

So its time for us to get out of India and of to Pakistan but before we do there is one more pace to visit Amritser the home of the Golden Temple, this place beats the Taj hands down not only is it free to enter (Taj 750 rupees!!!) but there is free ... Read more >

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