Tagged With "Pakistan"

In a poll by the Guardian (UK) of countries that have the most unfriendly and intimidating border crossings, the Big 3 of North America dominated the top of the list, with the U.S. selected by 22%, Mexico 9% and Canada 8%. Only UAE/Dubai managed to...

Bob Cranwell remembers a visit to Pakistan's remote Swat Valley.

   Model of a Rickshaw- Wikimedia Commons/User: Pakfuture   Taxis and private cars are expensive to rent and public buses and vans are over-crowded in Lahore.  That makes rickshaw's a convenient form of getting around....

Gumbo was visiting the India-Pakistan border crossing at Wagah. A popular flag-lowering ceremony takes place just before sunset every day.

DrFumblefinger shares photos of some of the people he saw while watching the flag lowering Ceremony at this India-Pakistan border crossing.

Visiting other places is the best adventure one can have in life. There are limitless cities to explore throughout the world. The experience one gets from touring cannot be expressed in words. However, the memories and experiences can become more memorable when one can bring souvenirs from such places or destinations. Buying souvenirs from such places is the best thing one can do to refresh these exotic feelings and memories. While looking for exploring both nature and culture there is one...

I very much enjoyed reading this! I also looked at Carl Welsby's photos - the one you used is fabulous and there are indeed other excellent shots on his site.

Excellent narrative; interesting adventure!!

Gojo, yes I know, as I said it's one of Carl Welsby’s pics. He travelled through Gilgit, Hunza, Chitral and the whole KKH. It’s just a scene in the mountains.

The kids in the picture, first one is "passu" Village, far from swat...