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One of the bestest ever memorable trip to Faisalabad for the national inter-university swimming championship !! my younger brother and his team participated in the day times and then the whole of the crew with me to explore the city and the things it had to offer to us with respect to places, monuments or food.... !! this was the place where we enjoyed Goli wali ice cream, their pop daal chawals, Jani Pan Shops special pan, and no wonder something special and God knows wat more :) !
Took this image on a tripod, for a change, for 30 seconds exposure !! was again too laxy to take another shot as the rest of the crew started cursing me :) there was no light and the glow is cuz of the traffic passing by :)
While sleeping at night on first day campsite, the only thing which came in my mind was to return back from here. Earlier, we had faced bad attitude of porters, unfriendly behavior of Gujjar’s, unavailability of bread in villages and most of all, the unplanned glacier road blockage. Our four team members have already returned back on day one. Among them, one of our team members Tanwir Jogi got seriously ill because of diarrhea and have to return back to Soch village, even before the start of trek. Everything bad was happening with us.
On second day morning, when I opened my eyes, I saw five out of eight of our team members were preparing to return back from here. They did not wanted to waste more days on this journey. I asked from Rashid bhi a friend of mine from Faisalabad and my brother Salman what we should do now. Would, we go further from here or also returned back with rest. Both asked me whatever decision has to be taken, that need to be carried out by me and they will be agreed on it. Salman came to me and said, at least we should gave a try and let the other members returned. He further said, It might be happened that we could never able to visit this place again in our lives. I decided we three will continue the journey ahead. We revised our plan and decided to attempt North east pass for entering Sirkhata valley. This pass was earlier discussed with me by one of the icon of mountaineering Ahmed Mujtaba. According to him it is tough one. From top of this mountain pass there are three further routes extends: one extends towards Manusar Lake the other one enters into upstream of Jalkot nala valley and third one which we have attempted was upstream of Sirkhata valey..
The application of henna symbolizes good health and prosperity in marriage, and in some cultures, the darker the henna stain, the deeper the love between two individuals. The designs are not permanent as in the case of tattoos, for the dye is only on the skin's surface.
As I was a guest of Pakistani leaders and was invited to teach and train peacebuilders, I didn't expect that I would be asked to celebrate the wedding of a couple (bride was an Australian citizen and the groom a Pakistani citizen), and I didn't imagine it would be conducted in the Catholic Cathedral. Beyond my wildest imaginings, but I did and it was. And it was both a high honour and a great privilege.
Hitachi Built HBU 20 Alco #8320 at Faisalabad after working train 46 DN 06h00 Rawalpindi to Karachi “Pakistan Express” on 11th November 2025. The Pakistan Express would exchange locos here and nearly double in size with the addition of extra carriages. A rather battered EMD #8208 would haul the ensemble towards Karachi.
A man takes his produce to the markets via donky and cart. Typical village life around Faisalabad, Pakistan
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