Shalimar Hotel Rawalpindi

... ivm delhi, je wordt minder opgelicht en zijn oprecht aardiger !! Ook het sikh geloof sprak me ook wel aan, weer dat gemoedelijke van boedisme (gratis tas op bergen, gratis eten, gratis schoen opbergen, ze wouden zelfs geen fooi). Na de tempel werden we door een fiets rixja driver naar de andere kant van de stad gereden. Eeen oud mannetje (helaas geen foto) die lekker hard doorfietste en trots was op zijn werk, ook weer een sikh.

Islamabad, Punjab, Pakistan michielnienke

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... poor shape and the trip to Islamabad would take around 24 hours. We were of course convinced that flying was the preferred option.

Our only problem was that the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights from Gilgit to Islamabad are more often cancelled than actually fly. Any chance of bad weather is absolutely perilous for planes that fly at an altitude of just 5,000m weaving around and passing lower than mighty peaks ...

... but it was a nice time. I went shopping for truck parts - seriously! The trucks, buses and Suzuki's are beautiful here - decorated with metal, paint, stickers, chains and lights - each one is so bold and colorful, they are a joy to see on the roads and with the chains you can hear them coming! I also went to the post office to send a ...

... images to the fold, but in truth we should have known better. Every 'dangerous' place we have visited so far has proven to be anything but.



There's a fairly good chance we would have avoided Islamabad had we not had to collect our Indian visas, but with no choice, we entered and quickly discovered that it was about as dangerous as a renegade chapati.



Alby and Alex parked the truck in a leafy campsite that was ideally situated in the ...

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... sitting beside the street. One thing that surprised me was that almost no one speaks english. Most of them understood a few words but coundn't communicate with them at all. Unlike the northern areas, even a primary school kid speaks english in Karimabad or Passu. Only walked around in Pindin for a few hours then took a bus back to Islamabad. Although there are many things going on in Pindi but I just ...

... a chain of 3million Indian officials to decide whether they were going to let us out of India or not. At one time the suggestion was that we return to India which would have necessitated getting new visas for some people - me included because mine was a single entry. fortunately sense triumphed and we got through and into Pakistan with only minor problems like do you have any alcohol aboard the truck and Andy said no believing he was telling the truth and then they opened ...

... present and possibly indulging in a bit of a gossip session. So my first meal in Pakistan was a very delicious chilled smoked salmon sandwich with capers and mayonnaise, washed down with an iced lemon tea with ICE CUBES (more in next entry). Staff costs must be incredibly low here as there were 2 staff for every customer. Most staff just ...

... and my feet clad in chunky hiking boots. I am amazed but I have yet to see a woman in a T shirt here, even in "cosmoplitan" Lahore... that is, if there are any women to be seen at all. There seem to be less women on the streets here than at a Windows / IT conference! (Amazingly the men have chosen to wear long sleeved shirts and pants too! They look like they're in pajamas. All are of a white/cream or light colored cotton. It is a country in which the normally ubiquitous T ...