Badshahi Mosque

An unintended dip in the deserts of Pakistan

April 10th 1974
As we crossed the border into Pakistan, immigration and customs produced few hassles, although we lost a couple of hours with all the paperwork. However, we did regain 30 minutes in a time change at the India-Pakistan border. Plenty of eats were available from the pie shop in Amritsar before we left as well as at the Paki border (Wagha), so no one went hungry while we were going through the formal ... read more

Asia » Pakistan

The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan have fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disput... ... read more

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Joan & Neil

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Joan and Neil have posted blogs below on the following trips: 1. South America for 3 months, from Sept07 through to Nov07, visiting each of Ecuador (including the Galapagos Islands), Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. 2. Far north Thailand in Mar08 where Neil taught English at a Summer School for the SPF charity he was involved with. This also included a side trip for the weekend to Luang Prabang in Laos. 3. Russia (cruise from Moscow to St Petersburg), then visit to each of Croatia, Budapest & Vienna for a total of 4 weeks, starting in mid Sept08. 4. Neil did a similar SPF te... full info

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