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Pakistan

Thursday, September 22nd.

Rawalpindi is hot and dirty. We don’t waste much time outside, preferring to hide ourselves away, along with several other … Continue reading Thursday, September 22nd.

Wednesday, September 21st  – CITYLINKERS BUS FROM LAHORE TO RAWALPINDI.
Pakistan, TRAVEL

Wednesday, September 21st – CITYLINKERS BUS FROM LAHORE TO RAWALPINDI.

The route from Lahore to Pindi lies along Sher Shar’s Grand Trunk Road, a two-lane highway lined with gum trees … Continue reading Wednesday, September 21st – CITYLINKERS BUS FROM LAHORE TO RAWALPINDI.

Pakistan

Sunday, September 19th – LAHORE

After a sound, albeit short sleep, we are back out on Lahore’s streets at 8:00 AM. We walk up to … Continue reading Sunday, September 19th – LAHORE

Pakistan, TRAVEL

Thursday, September 17th.

Quetta’s air is full of smoke, much of it from the exhaust of the thousands of gaily-painted cycle rickshaws that … Continue reading Thursday, September 17th.

ADVENTURE, Pakistan, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

31/1/92-5/2/92

Back in Lahore, after a nerve-wracking bus ride down from Peshawar, we settled into the Salvation Army hospital and pretty … Continue reading 31/1/92-5/2/92

ADVENTURE, Pakistan, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

29/1/92

DARA. It was pouring with rain as we dismounted from the rattly, leaking bus in the main and only street … Continue reading 29/1/92

ADVENTURE, Pakistan, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

28/1/92

We bussed out to Peshawar in pouring rain and we had to book two extra seats for our luggage so … Continue reading 28/1/92

Pakistan, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

27/1/92

We took a taxi over to Islamabad and I changed US$100 on the black market, then we caught a taxi … Continue reading 27/1/92

ADVENTURE, Pakistan, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

26/1/92

THROUGH THE BARRICADES. The rain was still pelting down from a leaden sky when we boarded a minibus at 7.30am. … Continue reading 26/1/92

ADVENTURE, Pakistan, The Travel Diaries, TRAVEL, Travel Stories, West Asia

25/1/92

Rest day. It rained all day but it didn’t matter much as we hardly shifted from our rooms. Continue reading 25/1/92

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