Sunday, October 2nd – PASSU ADVENTURES.
After breakfasting on warm Hunza bread, cheese, jam and tea, we sit around talking with one of the Irish guys. … Continue reading Sunday, October 2nd – PASSU ADVENTURES.
After breakfasting on warm Hunza bread, cheese, jam and tea, we sit around talking with one of the Irish guys. … Continue reading Sunday, October 2nd – PASSU ADVENTURES.
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.
NB: The timeline of today’s entry jumps back and forth. Asterisks denote where flashbacks begin and end. We allow ourselves … Continue reading Friday, September 18th.
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.
Again, we are up early. I have a quick shower and the water is very hot. We have to wake … Continue reading Monday, September 16th – THROUGH THE BARRICADES. A BUS BOUND FOR QUETTA FROM THE BORDER, 4:30 PM.
Something of a dump is Kerman bus station. There is a loud argument going on over something outside the front … Continue reading Sunday, September 12th, Kerman Bus Station, 12PM – SAM WAS SELLING WATCHES FROM A SUITCASE ON A TV TRAY.
Waking early at the Hotel Strada (there was no sleeping in with the racket going on out in the corridor … Continue reading Friday, September 3rd
It is our fourth day in Iran, and it seems that we are beginning to get the hang of making … Continue reading Sunday, August 29th
We spend the morning on the trail of Pakistani visas. We try to phone the embassy from a hotel next … Continue reading Saturday, August 28th – TEHRAN
Friday is the equivalent of Sunday in the west. It is the day of prayer, a day of rest. Shops … Continue reading Friday, August 27th