Shopping in Pakistan
There are many places in Pakistan to shop to your heart’s desire – roadside stalls selling cheap tack, expensive tourist shops, but the best place is one of the main city bazaars like those in Peshawar,
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Cycling the Karakorum Highway
The Karakoram is the highest highway in the world. Linking Pakistan with China, it took 30 years to build and is truly one of the greatest feats of engineering since the Pyramids. This journey starts in the northern town of Gilgit,
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Trekking the Cholistan Desert
The Cholistan, or Rohi, Desert in Punjab is the largest desert on the Indian continent. The desert is over 10,000 square miles. Located 20 miles from Bahawalpur, The Hakra River dried up here, and with it most life.
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From Baltistan to Birmingham: Balti Culture
The Balti is more Birmingham than Pakistan, a strange hybrid of East meets West cuisine that takes its inspiration from the ancient Moghuls and adapts it to the dynamics of a Midlands city on the wrong side of midnight. Welcome to the bizarre world of British Balti Culture.
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Between Heaven and Hell: Polo in Pakistan
His words could not ring with more shattering truth than in Northern Pakistan where Polo is truly the national sport, favoured even over cricket and one in which people of all classes participate. The government support the high cost of polo tournaments, making it one of the few activities in Pakistani which is truly open to all.
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