In the center of Punjab, near the border to India is Lohore. I stayed here for a couple of days to recover from the many hours on bus and train. Lahore is less dusty than the south of Pakistan but it's still very hot, 30 degree Celsius day and night. A thing you clearly notice here is the english and in general the western influence. Many people speak english, the youth plays cricket, and Lahore features a McDonald's, something unthinkable in Iran (it's even hard to find a original Coke TM there...). Many buildings are also connected to the time of the english West India. For example the 'Wonder House', a museum where they - among other stuff - show things from the colonial times, and Zam Zama, a very big cannon in front of the
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