Destination: Pakistan

Wed 23rd Oct - Quetta

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By pecosbiff | Views [664]

And I thought Iranians were friendly! What a welcome in Pakistan! Everyone wnats to say hello, shake hands, have pic taken, practice their english and just hang out with you. It is like England, familiar faces and altho there are open sewers either side ... Read more >

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Gallery: Quetta

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By pecosbiff | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Taftan to Quetta, the other tricky bit

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By pecosbiff | Photo Gallery

Taftan to Quetta

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By pecosbiff | Views [853]

I am now in Pakistan - there is something invigorating about a new country - drinking tea with money changers who are taking me for all I have. Everone has to make a living. I object when one of them tries to sell me two bus tickets on account of no ... Read more >

Tags: bus, moneychangers, taftan

Pakistan

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 | By shaz | Views [1262] | Comments [1]

I spent my second half of the summer travelling around Pakistan . This time not with a group but just me on my own and a guide. There are definitely lots of positives about not being with a group tour. I can chop and change the itinerary as I want ... Read more >

Gallery: Pakistan

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 | By shaz | Photo Gallery

Only a few days left!!..

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 | By anuon2r | Views [813]

..Hey all! So much happened, and I can't believe I will be leaving in only two days. It feels so normal to be here! When I look out on the street I can't believe I was in orderly, clean Germany only a few days ago. The weather I quite nice, it rains ... Read more >

Tags: karachi, two days left, wedding

Arrived in Karachi

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 | By anuon2r | Views [1663] | Comments [1]

I arrived in Karachi on Tueday morning. After a quite enjoyable flight over next to a Pakistani guy who thought I was 23, just because I said I just finished school :) nice! I look so young when I am traveling and tired, aparently... My aunt picked ... Read more >

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Gallery: My Country

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 | By archad_awan | Photo Gallery

Aminabad

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 | By damonlk | Views [1550] | Comments [3]

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 ... Read more >

Tags: culture

Jehangir's Tomb

Sun, 3 Feb 2008 | By damonlk | Views [1844]

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 >

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Article

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 | By damonlk | Views [3492]

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

Next door

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 | By damonlk | Views [1093]

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 >

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Bhutto

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 | By damonlk | Views [1084]

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 >

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kites

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 | By miriamvkenter | Views [761]

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