extremely cool blog, you've seen pakistan for what it truly is and not how it is portayed..im from the pashtun tribes myself...its a shame you didnt get to see SWAT its a cool place..peshawar is where im from and you actually look like one of us..loving the beard..nice job blending in!! :D
Im glad Joel that you enjoyed your trip here. And that you can tell the rest of the world what a great country it is, even with the recent terrorism events. They'll die down, hopefully :P.
Ive been to the USA, UK, Dubai, Malaysia and China and i can honoustly say there is not a more beautiful place than Pakistan, beaches in the south, below frezzing temperatures and glaciers in the north, few countires have what god has given us.
Thanks for the great blog!
Feel free to email me if you want.
Hitchiking Guide Hi Joel, I came across your interesting blog. Im a student from malaysia and i am contemplating hitch-hiking from hamburg to amsterdam. However, if i am alone, do you think it will be fine? or am i probably better of taking the bus or sharing a car with someone. Thanks!
Very Interesting Joel. You have written a fantastic blog. And thanks to you for writing good about my country and in fact thanks to those people who made you write this kind of nice blog for Pakistan.
Pakistan Zindabad.
Awesome Awesome to read about your experience in my country Joel, and having just come back from a bit of a trek myself, I found your views refreshingly honest. Rock on, you just won another Pakistani heart! :)
hello i reallyyy enjoyed reading your story and in fact you made me search for more blogs and other tourists' stories. im from iran too and im happy to know what people face in their trip to iran
amazing Are you claiming to not even be like pres Clinton who said he smoked pot never inhaled?
I like your blog site - did you visit TANK or Gilgat Hospital?
Bless ya real good.... Nick
Intriguing Iran Hi Joel, These photos of Iran are magnificent as is your writing. You surely have absorbed so much of the culture. I also had a friend Mehdi in Mashad who took me around for a couple of days; makes me question our Western preoccupation with ourselves and the rights of the individual at the expense of community. Safe travels wherever you go. Keep the brilliant writing and pics coming!
Very interesting blog... Great blog Joel! I wish more westerners could travel there. My experience here in NZ and Australia when I say I am from Iran is that most people are about to have heart attacks LOL they probably read the "news" too much and it is good to see these blog entries coming. I like your comparison of Iran to its neighbour countries. Thanks :-)
Hello Joel, my name is Amir i am from Iran. Your post is very good, showing all of the marvels of my home. thankyou. (just kidding, its ziggy. another ace post and sweet pictures of the rock carvings/pictures and of the gazor castle. awaiting farsi lessons when you return.)
niceeee HEY JOEL!!! how u doin? ur trip looks crazy awesome nice pics..they gave u an army officer? haha cute..im from iran so i have no idea why they would do that, ive never seen them do it to foreigners before....my dad is from yazd and my mum is from tehran you make yazd sound so crazy awesome, so awesome in fact that im gona go read about it right now!!!! hope u enjoyed urself there...persians are pretty hospitable. i didnt read through the whole thing so was wondering if uve ever been to russia!!??
Where's the photo of you? Great reading again Joel! The hamam visit reminds me of our time in Turkey! I would have liked to have seen a photo of you clean-shaven after all your travels with a beard! As you are in Beirut at the moment you have done amazingly well travelling from India to the Mediterranean overland! Well done!
Looks dusty! Hey mate, it was a shame to hear that you had to trim the lions mane! Iran sound pretty cool, glad to hear you had a good time and adjusted after Pakistan. I'm also impressed that you are keeping up your maths skills and in Arabic no less. Keep safe.
Hey Joel. This is an amazing entry. You've provided a valuable insight to the warm hospitality and romantic version of an otherwise "misunderstood" country. And such beautiful architecture! Iran shall be on my list. Thanks for sharing :-)
Blown Away!! Joel, an amazing blog about an amazing country! I so enjoyed reading it and absorbing the culture and history. Each blog seems to get better! Loved the photos. You have met some very special people in your travels!
Excellent work on the Simpsons quote Joel, that was absolutely phenomenal. Words cannot describe how I wish i was there, this thought made all the more desirable and unbearable by the fact that im at currently work wasting the day away. In a time when the quality of front page travelblogs is at a saturated low, this is EXACTLY what is needed. Seriously, that was the most captivating blog you've ever written and if you can top that you're a genius.
Pakistan Zindabad indeed Hey Joel,
I dont know if you remember me, but i am a friend of your Mum's. It was so great to read your blog on Pakistan. I lived there for five years growing up, and have subsequently gone back four times in the past 10 years to climb in the Karakorams. So it certainly feels like a second home to me and your commentarty certainly made me home sick. One of the greatest frustrations i have is convincing people who have never been to Pakistan that i actually feel safer there than i do in Pristine Perth. And i might add find the Pakistanis far more welcoming and less rascist than our own culture. It was cool to see what an awesome time you had there.
Thanks for a great blog
Michael Dunjey
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extremely cool blog, you've seen pakistan for what it truly is and not how it is portayed..im from the pashtun tribes myself...its a shame you didnt get to see SWAT its a cool place..peshawar is where im from and you actually look like one of us..loving the beard..nice job blending in!! :D