Marriott Islamabad

... Chinese have their lunch break again! This is unbelievable...so the first 30min of the famous Karakorum Highway I spend in the back of the van, making breakfast with the old bread Tudajim gave us, enjoying the beautiful views through the little window! Bye Bye China! I leave you with mixed feelings. Luckily we make it just in time at the Chinese exit gate. To find ourselves 2km later at the top of the Kunjerab pass, entering Pakistan! A bit unexpected with no special notice board, so ...

I have just returned from Pakistan, during my visit I stayed in different cities and in different hotels. A week at New Cape Grace Guest House in Islamabad was the best out of all. The Guest house is magnificent and I have never experienced such incredible service before. Having been there first time in the country it was really hot and busy there. I couldn't wait to get back to ...

... an Afghanistani restaurant with Ishaq Ali, Ranger, Melanie and Amin made for a perfect ending to our stay in Islamabad.<br><br>We flew out of Islamabad&#8217;s Benazir Bhutto Airport on 14th June, sadly farewelling our friend Ishaq Ali (who of course had escorted us to, and made arrangements for us through the frantic airport) and this remarkable country that we had come to truly love. It had been a fantastic and fascinating adventure. We know we will be coming back to Pakistan.

... the snow. The only way to get there was through Afghanistan or by air so reluctantly I came to explore the latter option from Islamabad. . Islamabad was unlike anywhere else I'd been in Pakistan. It was quite European in some ways with many people in western clothes, long, straight, wide, tree-lined roads, cleaner than other areas and for a city it was very green with some wooded areas, parks and trees...oh and lots of Marijuana plants growing wild! It is a huge ...

early we packed our rucksacks and start our trek to mukspuri. this is a trek of about 8km and easy to go with. it is known as one of the most beautifull short family treks of pakistan. we start the trek from khanuspur, reached Ayubia, bypasses it ...

... 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 ...

... southward out of China. The texts always refer to the Kushans as Great, but in the White Huns did not find them so great because in the 5th century they came through and destroyed everything that represented civilization. History represents the Huns as mean and ugly and their only pleasure was hurting others. But they really were a jolly bunch, once you got to know them. The White Huns were a different bunch then Attila's Huns who went west to Europe, although the ...

... but it was so good we decided to watch the final on the 14th and head off straight afterwards. We wern t sure if we would make it all the way to Islamabad in a day but we went for it anyway. The first leg of the journey was 60km from Babusar to Naran village - a hill station popular with Punjabi tourists. It took 6 hours, the road was the worst one we ve seen in pakistan and thats saying something! About half way a jeep in front of us got stuck in the mud. The driver and ...

... van at the end of the  night! Unfortunately, the police's duty of care didn't extend to ensuring that  the 60-odd (sic) England fans had an easy route home after play each day from the  out-of-town dust-bowl stadium (some 10km away). They did, however, close all  the roads into town - preventing any auto-rickshaws from coming to collect  us - in order to express the air-conditioned team coaches back to the comfort  of the Holiday Inn. England managed to bring the ...

... des auswaertigen Amtes hatte einen Brief an die Botschaft zu schicken...die spinnen, die deutschen ;) Ich musste den Brief dann unter den augen des personals oeffnen damit sichergestellt ist dass kein kompromittierendes material drinsteckt (was meinen die damit...dvu aufkleber?, Bush is sooo good Pornos?). War aber nicht drin...puh...und ich soll Papa ausrichten das der brief super verpackt war...wir haben 5 minuten gebraucht um ihn zu oeffnen :) ...war ...