... loads of battles and been carried off by various victorious leaders to different parts of the sub continent. Lahore was it's final resting place just past the Museum where Kipling's father worked in the 19th century. It's mentioned in the first line of ...
... the forward crew know that we enjoyed the sight seeing, because we were taken to the Harappa (www.harappa.com) museum on our way to Lahore. This is an extremely old burial site which is under restoration and many unusual objects have been uncovered. The ...
I've just spent my first 24 hours in Pakistan it's second largest city and food capital, Lahore.
Lahorian's are very nice people, extremely hospitable and friendly. The most common question I've encountered is "Where you from?" that came from nearly ...
... to the GPO. It was very impressive and very British looking. Understandably, considering how long the British were here. Past the LahoreMuseum, which was closed as it had received cracks from the earthquake, and then onto Zamzama. Now Zamzama is a huge ...
... munch! After reading Rudyard Kipling's 'Kim' back in Europe, kindly donated by Ma Oxenbelly, Lahore was doubly fascinating with Kim's gun and the museum to explore. The other colonial buildings were equally impressive, particularly the surgical hospital ...
... and also the badshahi mosque. the fort was very like fatipur sikri in india but was very impressive nonetheless....then we went to the lahoremuseum which was fine but just a museum. then we *hangs head in shame* went to macdonalds and i dont care it ...
... building were coming up on?"
"Uh, det, uh, veddy, veddy old market place."
"Well, isn't that strange -- because it says 'LahoreMuseum' right there, by God!"
Later while visiting a Jahangir's Tomb he pointed out, "Look at dis, all real hand-made ...
... getting a much-needed facelift from UNESCO. Opposite the fort is the magnificent Badshahi Mosque. It's the second biggest mosque in Pakistan, capable of accomodating over 55,000 worshippers. Back on the bus and the call went up to close the curtains: ...
... it was just the beard I grew especially for this trip. The taxi ride from the airport to my hotel in Lahore gave me my first view of Pakistan's infrastructure, if you can call it that. There were massive, massive sections of just dry uneven dirt in ...