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Cash Me In Kashmir Feeling Murree As Ever!

Cash Me In Kashmir Feeling Murree As Ever!

by Calvin Sun | Mar 18, 2019 | Flying Fancy, Kashmir, March 2019: North Pakistan, Pakistan, Serendipitous!, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

 For our last day in Pakistan, we decided to head up into Kashmir for Imran’s (our friend and guide who has been showing us around the past week in Pakistan) hometown and the resort village of Murree.   Starting with a drive from the...
Putting The Kewl Back In The Khewra Salt Mines

Putting The Kewl Back In The Khewra Salt Mines

by Calvin Sun | Mar 17, 2019 | March 2019: North Pakistan, Pakistan, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

 With wedding festivities wrapped up and saying our goodbyes to Daniela, Emily, Jen, Eugene, and Amy last night, the 5 of us remaining headed on a 4 hour road trip this morning to the Khewra Salt Mines, the oldest and 2nd largest (after the one in Poland) in the...
Islamabad: A 5 Year Promise

Islamabad: A 5 Year Promise

by Calvin Sun | Mar 17, 2019 | Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, March 2019: North Pakistan, Pakistan, Serendipitous!, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

  How I Got Here5 years ago I crashed a random wedding in Lahore where of all the “WTF small world moments” I’ve had in my life I would run into an acquaintance named Ali Raza, whom I had first met briefly when I spoke at CUNY Baruch only a year...
A Wedding In Islamabad – Day 3: The Walima

A Wedding In Islamabad – Day 3: The Walima

by Calvin Sun | Mar 16, 2019 | March 2019: North Pakistan, Pakistan, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

 (continued) This will be the third international Muslim Desi wedding I’ve attended (the first was in Kashmir in 2011, the second in Lahore and Karachi in 2014), so I’m amused to consider myself an “expert” now.  We finish with Day 3 of a desi wedding: The...
A Wedding In Islamabad – Day 2: The Baraat / The Shaadi

A Wedding In Islamabad – Day 2: The Baraat / The Shaadi

by Calvin Sun | Mar 15, 2019 | March 2019: North Pakistan, Pakistan, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  (continued) This will be the third international Muslim Desi wedding I’ve attended (the first was in Kashmir in 2011, the second in Lahore and Karachi in 2014), so I’m amused to consider myself an “expert” now.  We continue with Day...
Some Lahorious S-Wagah

Some Lahorious S-Wagah

by Calvin Sun | Mar 15, 2019 | Border Crossing, How Did You Do That?, March 2019: North Pakistan, Pakistan, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

  Thanks to Ann Wen again for help with the blog title!A lot of this has been repeated the last time I was in Lahore, but the highlight that I came back for would be the Wagah Border between India and Pakistan.  LahoreAfter the Mehndi/Rasm-e-Heena ended...
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