Quick Continental Hotel Lahore

... vehicles making there way in all directions at once. Upon entering the city itself the roads were paved, at least, and many lined with trees which I would guess give Lahore its nickname of the 'Garden City'. However, almost all of the buildings are very dilapidated and tended to give the whole city a depressing feel. 

When we arrived at my hotel, The Indus Hotel, there was a security guard sitting out front looking bored and carrying a pump action shotgun. Once inside ...

... ice cream and chocolate and other goodies at a service station before shooting straight through Lahore to the border at Wagha in the hope that we could cross and spend the night in Amritsar. We didn't really understand the escorts, as they abandoned us through the mountains (a target area) and through Lahore (another target area ...

... came back white from the dust and S dropped the bike twice in the mud - with me on the back - I insisted in getting off at each dodgy bit after and on the journey back I clung on hardly daring to look as we went back on the dirt roads with a light that only worked when he applied the throttle. On another of the days S took me and another lad to watch a Kabaddi match - a kind of team wrestling sort of game. It was great and despite ...

... in the city. The Lahore Museum is the largest in the country and houses articles from all over the country. The city is located just 25 KMS away from the Indian border on the grand Trunk road. This makes it a transit point before going into India from Pakistan. There is a ...

... like the livestock, on their last legs). I have posted a few pictures, but you can get a good idea of what's here by looking at Masterpieces to Go: The Trucks of Pakistan, which claims, "In Karachi alone, a port city of 14 million on the Arabian Sea, more than 50,000 people toil in small, family-run workshops comprised of apprentices and highly ...

... k., cold for Lahore), and it was raining. Suddenly, in the middle of 4 lanes of heavy traffic (and in the dark, mind you), this little group of six or seven children surrounded the car. The oldest couldn't have been more than 10, the youngest looked about 6. They were selling hard-boiled eggs. In traffic. In the rain. In the cold and dark. Little children. Adnan told me that, instead of sending their children ...

... of people that travel to the border especially to watch. The Indian and Pakistani officials hold an elaborate stomping stand-off which is like something from the ministry of silly walks. A few people warm up the crowds (local women and men sit separately on the Pakistan side) who cheer and chant for their country (Dil Dil Pakistan) then the incredibly tall border guards strut like peacocks with their groomed moustaches and beautiful pleated hats - arms ...

... to falling off. The first thing I did the next day was buy a new pair of imitation leather sandals (so that I could still wear them in India without being stoned), and then I headed to the old city. One nice thing about Lahore (besides the smog, heat, and traffic) is that you will always get lost, no matter how short of a distance you are trying to walk. The streets go in all possible directions, and as is true anywhere in Asia, there are no street ...

... illuminates the stoners briefly as they torch up. We are technically in the women's section though there aren't any local women here and now the western men who are with us are being questioned and told to leave us alone. We cannot find out guide. One of thee performers sees what's happening while he's tuning up and comes over and explains something probably like, They're Infidels who gives a **** anyway, look at that thick-lipped one sitting in puke -- disgusting. When ...

... actually helped interpret -- or at least that's what I think he was doing --unless he was talking some smack about me, which wouldn't be surprising frankly. I chose some fabric and then showed the man my dress I wanted copied, "No later than tomorrow afternoon --is that possible?" It was not. So-Called seeing how distressed I was when told it would take a week offered to take the dress and find a tailor who could make it happen. I told him under no terms ...