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Peshawar
October 2, 2007 Peshawar, Pakistan We paid 190RP for our train tickets to Peshawar. That's $3.17 for both of us. It wasn't as nice as the train from Lahore to Rawalpindi but it got us here. The trip only took a bit over 3 ½ hrs. If you are traveling Pakistan by rail our advice is to just ask the clerk for the best seat they have to wherever you're …
The Middle East!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
1:35 PM
Abbotabad, Pakistan
As of right now, I am at some market in Abbotabad eating. I just got here a few hours ago. It is 1:35 PM their time, most people should still be in bed in America at this time. It has definitely been a change. My plans for the rest of the day is to go visit the palace that Osama bin Laden was killed at. I ...
Kashmir the Lost Cause
... lives and poor river dividing families over two decades.
Despite Natural Beauty Neelam desperately depends on farming and tourism to make daily ends meet. It is a story of Tanweer Jaan who is 45, standing just minutes away from the house, he hasn't been in 32 years. That's because the divide here runs deeper than the river, and he's standing on the wrong side of it. It is also the story of Fahad, that young boy of Keran, whose job is to seat tourists and guide them ...
Leaving Islamabad for Gilgit-Baltistan
... beginning with the Indus-Valley civilization, followed by the Aryan invasion, followed by the Islamic invasions and immigrations, till partition, up until present-day Pakistan. I always knew that the visionaries behind modern Pakistan were progressive-minded individuals, but the museum reinforced that thought. The high regard for the rule of law, equality amongst people, a strong economy, and an equally powerful military were the main priorities of people like ...
Day trip to Abbottabad ( April 10, 2012)
... music concert of a famous Pakistani Pop Singer "QB" and then dinner after. It was nice drive and good time. Abbottabad is a nice hilly city with nice weather. By the way, this is the city where Usama bin Laden was captured. We were planning to see his house but it has been recently ...