[The World in a Nutshell] WanderTales: Stories of adventures and misadventures
February 16, 2018
Whenever I tell people I spent seven months in Pakistan, they’re honest-to-goodness shocked. Reactions vary from the normal “What’s in Pakistan?” to worried “Was Pakistan safe, were there any bombs while you were to there?” to (frankly) ridiculous “Did you Read more…
February 13, 2018
Lahore is well-known for being many things: Pakistan’s second largest city of ~12mn people, the self-professed cultural capital of the country (with good reason), and jokingly (or not so jokingly) described as the Paris of the East. But to me, Read more…
January 6, 2018
Islamabad – the beautiful capital of Pakistan – is usually a foreigner’s first port of call (it’s that or Karachi), as most international flights would arrive here. Founded in 1960, this city was built as a contrast to Karachi – Read more…
January 5, 2018
For my final hurrah in Pakistan, I wanted to retrace the steps of emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan (both of whom reigned during in the Mughul period, although Shah Jahan is more famous given that he constructed the famed Taj Read more…
While in Pakistan, I was working in the city of Lahore. From time to time though, I would head to Islamabad for the weekend – because why not? After all, Lahore was great in terms of culture, but Islamabad definitely Read more…
For as long as I can remember (essentially, the length of time I was in Pakistan), I’ve always wanted to check out Wagah Border – known the world over for the beautiful yet baffling daily Indian and Pakistani flag raising Read more…
I’ll be honest – I wasn’t sure initially if I wanted to go to Karachi. I’ve read news report claiming Karachi as the world’s most dangerous city (that’s not located officially in a war zone), and if that didn’t deter Read more…
December 23, 2017
I love history, and feel extremely privileged to be in a country that played a significant (if not pivotal) role in how history as we know it was shaped to where it is today. I feel it’s such a shame Read more…