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Heading to Pakistan? Don’t Miss Out On Peshawar

Heading to Pakistan? Don’t Miss Out On Peshawar

I knew I had wanted to visit Peshawar before I even set foot in Pakistan. Part of my interest was due to the long and robust history the city holds, and the other part was because others had told me not to. As an offbeat traveler, a place like Peshawar was exactly...

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Wedding Season in Lahore, Pakistan

Wedding Season in Lahore, Pakistan

It was wedding season in Lahore, and this time I was ready. I laid out my various suits and saris on the bed to make sure I had appropriate accessories for each outfit, and an outfit for each day of the wedding. Something bright and playful for the mehndi (traditional...

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Covering My Head in Pakistan

Sitting on the plane from Kuwait to Islamabad, I kept wondering how big an issue wearing a headscarf would be "“ I am a woman entering a Muslim country after all. Friends who had been to Pakistan several years ago said they had been given bad looks for having...

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Trekking up Baltoro in Pakistan

I had heard from trekking friends that the Baltoro Glacier, in the Karakorum Range in northeastern Pakistan, was one of the most beautiful places in the world. I just got back from there and they were right! There are two mountain ranges, the Himalayas and the...

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18-Day Global Exploration

Washington, DC, July 10, 2006 - Long before the term "global economy" came into use, the borderless world was a reality thanks to caravans that moved spices, silk, gold and tea in an undulating, arduous course threading from the Far East to Arabia and into...

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