Travel Journal Overview: I’d traveled solo for quite sometime. Now in Lahore I’d be joined by a young German traveler on one of “those” Indian journey’s. This in itself did little to inspire me to travel India. I had not a single inclination that I would enjoy myself in the land of many a backpacker. [...]
Travel Journal Overview: I have been in, and lived in many Islamic countries, and have seen many mosques. To me their unique architectural outlines and structures are very unique in the world. Badshahi Mosque in Lahore was a lot more. The sheer scale of the courtyard alone was incredible, but it offered a beauty I [...]
Travel Journal Overview: No one seemed that excited about the Wagah border when I mentioned it. Few actually knew what it was. For me I knew a little of the history between Pakistan and India. And, I think more than anything else for an overland traveler it is one of the greatest spectacles on earth [...]
Travel Journal Overview:Lahore fort was best seen by giving some baksheesh to the guard. Then spending the day in delight
Travel Journal Overview: I’d grown an aversion to tourists. Day trippers from India, hippies, and hashish smokers. This in turn started to annoy me, I was nearing India, and knew there would be more. I slept as well as one could expect. 8 beds remained empty that night, and I wondered why the idiot in [...]
Travel Journal Overview: Lahore, I was hoping, would be another extension of this great country. It wasn’t quite that. In fact it seemed to add something else again to the mystique and diversity of Pakistan. After a little lateness caused by my Rickshaw driver literally running out of gas I arrived at the Daewoo bus [...]
Travel Journal Overview: Recovering, and with my mind made up I got to visit one of the most inspiring of places that I’ve been. A truck garage. This entry has been rewritten under Stories: The Pakistani Truck Painters here you will find better editing and a lot of photographs This was one of my final [...]
Travel Journal Overview: Travelers get sick, it comes with the territory. Purple vomit though? Not happy. Recoverable like most things. Watch a few movies and plan … After returning to the Rose from the Afghan camp I was surprised and happy to see that for once there was piping hot water in my bathroom. My [...]
Travel Journal Overview: After visiting the Khyber Pass, we were now in search of the Afghan refugee camps in Peshawar. Some were deserted, some full of life. Man searching through abandoned Afghan refugee camp I was at first disappointed. The area had indeed once been a refugees camp. Mud houses lined a roadside area and [...]
Travel Journal Overview: Traveling the Khyber Pass is something a few travelers froth at the mouth at. It’s not about the view, there’s better out there. It’s not about the culture, it’s a border. It’s about history, Alexander the great, Genghis Khan, Britain, Russia, the U.S.A, they all tried to conquer the nation on it’s [...]
Travel Journal Overview: Peshawar is unlike any other city I’ve been too. It’s a multicultural torn up part of the world that opened it’s doors due to tribal rights. It reeks of tribal law, and an unknown element. It is perhaps the quintessential border city. The TV next door seemed to be on all night, [...]
Travel Journal Overview: Still on my 40 hour overland train, I arrived into Peshawar alone. A curfew was in place and I was roaming the streets. I also had a little face to face with few interesting characters and a jeep full of guns. Wonderful place. 10.30pm came and we pulled into another station. I [...]
Travel Journal Overview: Not being able to travel through SWAT valley I had to take the 40 hour train trip that traversed most of the country just to get a few hours north to Peshawar. I expected to be long and boring, instead it was a highlight. The Bloomstar Hotel manager was holding on to [...]
Travel Journal Overview: I found Quetta a great place to find out how Pakistan was. It’s not the most exciting city in the world, but it does have nice people, and good food. I forced myself to sleep until 10am & woke up feeling good. I met the hotel manager over breakfast and we talked [...]
Travel Journal Overview: I truly enjoyed my introduction to Pakistan. Travel is after all not meant to be a smooth ride, otherwise there is not point. Pakistan during Emergency rule, fun and games, but with 50 + hours of no seep I was struggling. After some confusion with the Rickshaw driver I finally arrived at [...]
Travel Journal Overview: Please remember these are my journal entries. If you are looking for a guide or help in crossing the overland border then scroll down to the bottom (the last link) for a direct link to a how to guide that will be more useful than this journal entry. I had taken the [...]
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