Blogs from Pakistan, Asia - page 32

Whew! ~ After 20 hours of flying over the past 2 days, Galib & I have arrived safely in Karachi, Pakistan. We both enjoyed flying with Emirates Air. One of the unique things we discovered were the video cams on the front of the plane and at the belly. You can have the pilot's view at the click of a button. Very cool when we were landing! We stayed in Dubai for 8 hours while in transit to Karachi. One could shop all day at the airport alone!!! Wow, the duty-free shops were amazing. Instead, we opted for fluffy pillows and crisp linens and headed straight to the Dubai International Hotel for some zzzz's. Afterwards, we satisfied our cravings for McDonald's...I had a Halal burger and Galib enjoyed a McArabia Meal. I'm looooving it!!! After a ... read more

The border immigration opened in the Pakistan side around 9am. At the border people were burning plastic cans to keep themselves warm. I guess the Pakistan government should run an Environmental Studies 101 in this area to make people aware of the harmful effects in what they do. Since there was no queue for foreigners like in the Wagah border I was put in front. All the while my backpack was resting on the Iranian border wall; I kept watch from the Pakistan immigration queue to make sure no one was putting anything. I think have got quite paranoid of this whole drug trafficking route hence, worried that people will put something in my bag. Exiting Pakistan was a breeze; as usual the officers have a laugh at my unusually long name. It’s a funny site ... read more

I got into Quetta at 12:30pm even though the train was supposed to get there at 9:30am. Once I got out of the station I took an auto and I asked them to take me to a bus that went to Tafton. Earlier, I was going to explore Quetta the whole day but as the train got late I had no choice but to skip it and keep moving. I was taken to this small shop and was told the bus to Tafton was leaving at 4pm and it costs PKR350/=. Well I felt it was reasonable so bought the ticket. I told them that I will pay PKR200/= now and the balance later just to make sure they were genuine. I left my backpack at the small shop and had 3 hours to explore Quetta. ... read more

Lahore was a birthday treat, 2 colleagues and I stayed at the Avari Hotel Lahore - highly recommed it Murray beer = very nice and especially nice as it is really forbidden in Pakistan so relaxed and easy to walk about the city lads playing cricket straddling main roads - every open space = cricket Waga is the place to visit - the border crossing between India and Pakistan ... read more

Here are some pictures I took of people while walking about in the city....... read more