Of Bahawalpur’s glorious traditions on January 29, 2018We reached Bahawalpur in the evening and were starving by the time we checked into the hotel, so went straight to have dinner afterwards. It was the New Year’s Eve, which is why all the restaurants were jam-packed. Luckily, we were able to find the ‘Kebabish Grill’ but had to wait really long for the […]
Chak Panjee on January 27, 2018The road leading from Lahore to Bahawalpur is full of some creatively decorated fruit carts on the roadside. Oranges are usually sold per dozen, but in this area, the fruit sellers sell them per kilograms. You also get to see a lot of truck art while driving on this road; the words of wisdom scribbled […]
The ruins of Harappa on November 13, 2017We made our first stop of the trip at Harappa, located near Sahiwal in Punjab. The archaeological site is part of the Indus Valley Civilization that spreads across Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. In Pakistan, remains of this civilization dating back to 3300-1300 BCE have been discovered in different parts of Punjab and Sindh. It is […]
Train diaries on November 8, 2017There were chances of the trip getting cancelled at the last minute, miraculously though, we were able to pull it off. During our journey spread over a period of 16 days, we explored the most deserted parts of Sindh, drove on the Makran coastline in Balochistan, and traveled to the farthest corner of Tharparkar. Over […]