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Up in the mountains

So after a long time, i finally went up the mountains again.
this time, it wasn’t abbotabad, or murree or any of the regular places. no way, this time.. it was kashmir! azad kashmir to be precise, and it was gorgeous!
it all stared off with an innocent suggestion, a weekend off from work and two road [...]

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An evening at Simli

Simli dam is one of those gems, hidden deep among the mountains, that this region is so famous for. I wanted to write about my last trip to this wonderful, peaceful reservoir but couldn’t so here goes.
Once you leave the Islamabad highway, and cross a variety of farms down the long winding road, you [...]

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is that even an excuse?

PIA, no matter how much degraded their service is becoming, are still the best people to fly with! Everything said and done, they atleast get their air-craft off the fricking ground! The AirBlue (AB406) aircraft was called back from the runway after starting its journey down the strip (on July 1st) not once but twice [...]

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flight delay excuse

PIA, no matter how much degraded their service is becoming, are still the best people to fly with! Everything said and done, they atleast get their air-craft off the fricking ground! The AirBlue (AB406) aircraft was called back from the runway after starting its journey down the strip (on July 1st) not once but twice [...]

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Cooco’s Den – Lahore

“between the debased and the devine” reads the last line of the introduction of Cooco’s den in its menu card. Most of us know about this amazing place, many including PsycheD and oream have even written on it but I still feel that this place deserves another post.
Located in lahore’s famous red light area, heera [...]

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lahore welcome

how many people can claim to be welcomed to a city in their own country by… foreigners!
and that too from different countries and two whom you’ve never even met before!
to pick me up from the daewoo terminal was a guy from austria, a guy from britain and a girl from spain!!
man I love life [...]

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priceless

ticket difference to islamabad: 400/-
cab ride home:300/-
look on moms face when she woke up n saw me in the living room having breakfast: priceless!!
I had a meeting in laho this week, n decided to drop in unexpectedly on my parents in islamabad over the weekend. The best thing I’ve done in a long time.
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visiting sukkur 4 – final thoughts

Okay, now i know this travelogue is getting long and boring.. but i seriously have writers’ block and cant think of writing anything else. Please bear with me…
I present, similarities and differences i found in sukkur~! (from karachi obviously)
Similarities 

You still get to see the same familiar number plates on cars.
Traffic cops and policemen wear the [...]

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visiting sukkur – 3 – mohenjodaro!!!

A childhood dream of mine was to visit the city of the dead Mohenjodaro. During this trip to sukkur, this dream was made a reality. On day 2 of our journey, we left sukkur at 11 AM and made our way towards larkana.
On the way, we stopped at a ‘amrood’ farm, known locally as Zaitoon, [...]

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visiting sukkur – photos!

The photos from sukkur are finally here!
Well.. some of them atleast! I’ve uploaded them on this site and you can access them via this link.
I’ve installed a software called Gallery on this site, and will be using that to manage my photos. Next on the agenda, figuring out how to integrate both these tools. Till [...]

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