Best Western Islamabad Hotel

... Old City. It is very difficult to put in words what the vibe is like, but it is amazing, alive, colourful and divers! Very characteristic old men, tradesmen and fully covered women and vehicles in every shape and size! With in the middle the famous mosque, situated at a huge square. We park at Semai hotel. Taking a shower is high on our list, but is impossible without staying in a room. As a room is only $5 / night, we take it for 2 nights, multi-tasking: shower, toilet, using the ...

... the staff was both friendly and helpful. <br><br>We enjoyed the company of Ishaq Ali's colleague Amin and a German guide and friend of Ishaq Ali&#8217;s nicknamed &#8220;Ranger&#8221; and his 16 year old daughter Melanie (a school student) who also stayed at the guest house. Ranger and Amin are both in the travel business and both very interesting people. Ranger owns a travel business in Germany and Amin runs a travel company in Islamabad. Amin is involved also in the ...

... next stop was about 6km ahead dunga gali. another hill station from there we took tea break and further to mukspuri. that was amazingly beautifull carpetted with wild daisy till horizon. mukspuri is situated at an elevation of 8500ft above sea level.

... out. First went to Pakistan Monument which was on top of a hill at the south of the city. From there you could see the whole city with landmarks like Shah Faizal Mosque and the Salt Range mountains behind it. The monument was pretty nice and I took a few photos. Then I went walking towards the mosque's direction and arrived in the Blue Area - Islamabad's high street. It's a long stretch of shops selling electronics, clothes, banks, airline offices, etc. I walked along and ...

Arrived Islamabad on 1 June but I've talked about the trip from Islamabd to Gilgit. Just arrived Gilgit this morning. Took a taxi and head straight to Madina Hotel (some random hotel I chose from LP...good hotel actually!). By then I've realised that I've travelled for ~48 hours and haven't showered for 2 days...I stinked terribly. My all covered in dust and I'm tired. Took a long ...

Well, I don't think Islamabad is quite what I was expecting - surrounded by hills, pleasantly cool and dry, and a friendly population. I've managed to get out and about and have some sort of independence, despite the logistical difficulties of living in a relatively high threat environment.

... shopping at the bazzars -- Irina says, "Finally!" Yesterday we went to the post office and mailed 12 kilos of souvenirs home for 8180RP. Today we went to the archeological sites at Taxila just north of Rawalpindi about 20 miles. Taxila is another World Heritage Site. This was the center of the fabled culture and kingdom of Gandhara, a Buddhist culture with Greek influences. There are ruins of three cities - Bhir Mound, Sirkap and Sirsukh, and several Buddhist ...

... On the morning we were supposed to leave we went to see if we could book flights from Gilgit to Islamabad for the next day but they were full for a week and we couldn t face the 20 hr bus again so we decided that at least Babusar would break up the journey, even if it was rubbish. A guy from the hostel was going there so we stuck with him and he really looked after us. The road to babusar starts about 4 hrs away from Gilgit and jeeps only go there in the morning so we had ...

... amp; Mrs R. A loud explosion and a  scattering of debris had us fearing the worst. As Mr R's thoughts  turned to the end of the cricket, the team being sent home and us spending the  remainder of our 2 weeks avoiding terrorists in the back of a rickshaw, a police  officer appeared behind us, brandishing his stick and uttering the mysterious  words, "Pepsi gas overload". And very perceptive he was too. After 15  minutes of chaos around the crime scene - Trescothick and ...

... br>Margalla Pass Wah Gardens Hasan Abdal Haripur<br><br>Waterfall (Chhajjian)Near Haripur Islamabad<br><br>Shrine of Shah Abdul Latif (Bari Imam) Shrine of Syed Meher Ali Shah <br>Forts <br>Rawat Fort Pharwala Fort Rohtas Fort Attock Fort Giri Fort <br>The Salt Range <br>Kallar Kahar Lake and Katas Temple Khewra Salt Mines <br>Dams and Lakes <br>Misriot Dam Simli Dam Khanpur Dam Tarbela Dam Mangla Dam