As I said, anything was possible! Once in Peshawar I rung a guy called Hussein whom I had met briefly at the Polo Festival, ( where he gave me his number and said give him a call if there was anything I needed in Peshawar) so I did, I wasn't that optimistic when asking if it was possible to obtain a Afghani visa and Pakistan visa in only two da...

 continuons vers le sud, le long de la frontière Afghane, jusqu'à Peshawar.  région nord-ouest, est tout spécialement Peshawar, est décidément plus intégriste que le nord-est. Ici, fini les femmes non voilées et la Burka est très à la mode. La barbe, chez les hommes est aussi très en vogue. On ressent bien la proximité de l'Afghanistan et des z...

One simply cannot visit Peshawar with at least a bit of excitement. It is right on the border with Afghanistan and has been the gateway city to the wonders of India for centuries. Most invaders (Greeks, Persians, Mongols, Moguls, Brits...) came painfully through this area at some point. Consequently, Peshawar's history has always been strongly l...

Walking through the old streets of Peshawar, I saw before me a sea of men. Some of these men were counting the names of Allah with their rosary. Some of these men were selling their wares, thinking about the nature of the Koran. Some of these men were purchasing goods, their thoughts on jihad. Many of these men, though, wore the Beard of Abraha...

Hello from Peshawar, Pakistan.. I should start this travel pod with thanks to Allah for seeing us safely into Pakistan. You see we had an emergency landing after taking off from Bahrain on our way to Peshawar. Apparently our cabin had failed to pressurise and we dropped a few thousand feet in a matter of seconds. It was the scariest moment of th...

I've been keeping my headscarf on most of the time during the day here in Pakistan just so as not to draw so much attention to myself, although there are a few Pakistani women who don't. There were two such women on the bus to Peshawar but as we were pulling into the bus station they very quickly pulled their scarves over their heads. I looked o...

7-10 Dec 80 Ayun to Bumburet to Rumbar, Kalish 'infidels'. Vividly memorable. The got Pakistn Airlines flight from Chitral to Peshawar. Free thanks to my RNAC Capt. crew card.