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23 June 2012
Finding a bus to Murree I had wanted to come to Murree as it is the town where Pat (Kim’s dad) was born. I had offered to bring a ziploc bag of his ashes to scatter; probably somewhat in jest as I’d have difficulty trying to explain what the grey powder was if ever questioned […]
23 June 2012
My plan was to have tonight in Lahore. As we had done nearly all we had wanted (and due to the heat) we decided to move on to Murree. The bus leaves at 4pm so we had time to fit in the Shalimar Gardens which is brought to you by the people that brought the […]
22 June 2012
Sights of Lahore We had three hour sleep from 0330 to 0630 when the sun was already strong where we were sleeping on the rooftop. It was worth it to witness the Sufi drumming and whirling. Governmental advice is to avoid religious sites, being out late at night, crowded places, markets etc. I think we’ve […]
21 June 2012
Excellent Start Our hostel manager Sajjad put on an amazing breakfast of chickpea curry and naan (both bought) plus plums, peaches and mangoes. We washed that down with lime juice and then some chai. As we would have activities for the afternoon and the night, we decided to do nothing this morning. The heat was […]
20 June 2012
Above: Newspaper next day about the heatwave today. Flight to Lahore Our flight to Lahore departed at 1900. Our time at the airport didn’t drag on with time spent ticketing our domestic flight from Gilgit to Islamabad and then having a snack. The flight was an oldish 747-300 and we were placed in the nose […]
20 June 2012
Visit to Chaukhandi To avoid the heat at Chaukhandi, we decided to wake a little earlier at 0730 which required the use of an alarm since we had an internal windowless room. The hotel didn’t know anything about Chaukhandi but taxi driver (Asghar) which normally hangs outside the hotel knew about the place. It doesn’t […]
19 June 2012
Essentials and mausoleum Flying in from opposite directions, Marie and I had expected us to have different sleep patterns and wakeup times. I woke around 0800 (much later than expected) due to making up for last night’s sleep deprivation. I called her a few times and made a bit of noise in getting ready but […]
18 June 2012
Flying out from China The Airbus A380 departed at midnight on its 8h30 minute journey from Beijing to Dubai. It’s one ugly aeroplane but it is so comfortable … even though it was fully packed, the very wide economy seats didn’t feel cramped and it was super quiet. Strangely we had a full supper (described […]
31 January 2011
Check-out from my Port Blair hotel, Andaman Residency, is rather early at 0800. This is typical for this town as incoming flights are in the morning. Flying back to Chennai 1245 on Kingfisher, they have an inflight magazine like no other. It is purely about the glitz and glamour of Indian filmstars. Flicking through the […]
30 January 2011
Today I explored Port Blair’s sights … it was set up as a penal colony by the British to incarcerate political prisoners, ie. freedom fighters for the independence movement. Ross Island: Angkor of the Andamans I took a boat across the harbour to Ross Island which was the headquarters for the British in the area. […]