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We had some tea (or Coca Cola!) at the Cafe de Murree (established in Covid) to fortify us for the bus ride up to Naran. For the drive back to the bus, we hired an open air buggy. As we were piling in and waiting to drive off, Beth and I noticed for the first time that people in the crowd were...

Umar and his family wanted to give us a taste of Pakistan's street bazaars so we stopped outside of Murree. Within a few moments talking to one of the many drivers awaiting customers we all crammed ourselves into two very tiny vans. These are frequently the taxi cab of choice, but they are not...

NARAN We rested the day after the hospital event, Madeline especially needed a day to sleep and get a little more back to normal. In the evening we experienced our first big rainstorm in Islamabad. Thunder and lightning and the smell of rain filled the air. Back home we would have called...

Episode 2 of the video series Americans in Pakistan, follows the trip to Taxila and the trip to the hospital.

We stopped for a light lunch on the way home and spent a quiet evening resting up. I know I was still lagging from the flight over. Beth and I went to bed fairly early and slept well. Well, we slept until 2:24AM that is. My phone rang, it was Umar. Madeline was having bouts of stomach pain...

As we toured the grounds, Madeline was feeling less and less well. She and a few of our family sat in the shade of a huge Banyan tree and rested. We thought it was just the heat getting to her, as she's been living in an area of California that has extremely moderate temperatures. After the...

The next morning, the gas was still on! I was able to light the stove and heat water for coffee! Oh, Happy Day! While I was at it made some Parathas with fried eggs for breakfast. They were quite delish! Then Beth and I did a load of laundry. This is where I need to tell you about bathrooms...

Stay tuned! There's plenty more to come. Umar was right, Pakistan is a very under rated country! You will enjoy it!

At this point, if you're bored of reading, I'll leave this link for the video Elizabeth has edited. This covers the timeline from our flight over to our dinner at the Monal. Enjoy!

Dinner, of course, was late in the day (for me, I'm used to having a 6 or 7 PM dinner). We left Islamabad proper at roughly 9PM (I really wasn't keeping track of the time, though – but that doesn't mean my body wasn't feeling the time difference) and the van driver took us out to the Margalla...

From Lok Virsa we were driven the short distance to the Pakistan Monument and Museum. The Monument is a huge multi paneled display symbolizing the unity of the Pakistani people and dedicated to the people who sacrificed their today for a better tomorrow. The four large petals represent the...

We were driven back to the AirBnB and Beth and I quickly fell asleep in the comfort of our newly air conditioned room. In the morning she and I woke up quite early, us still being on US time and all. I went downstairs to make coffee so we could sit on our balcony and enjoy the morning bird show...

Our handler led us on through the crowd, through another security checkpoint where they scanned our backpacks. As we headed to baggage claim, Madeline and Umar, along with Umar's entire family appeared out of the crowd. With hugs and laughter all around we greeted our family. Umar's mom asked...

Once there we paused in the waiting area, we still had no tickets at this point, just a reservation confirmation. Beth walked up to the man behind the desk, showed him the reservation she had on her phone and he said, “No Problem” He seemed quite dismissive, and we thought it was maybe because...

Saturday May 25th seemed like it took forever to get here! After nearly a year of planning (thank you Umar for doing such a fine job helping us prepare!) the day finally arrived for us to fly! The day itself dragged on for what felt like a couple more days. Our plane was scheduled to depart...

SO, YOU WANT TO GO TO PAKISTAN? This was the question our son-in-law asked us last summer. While I do admit, Pakistan was not on my short list of places to visit, I couldn't say yes fast enough. I love to travel, to see new places, it's exciting and this time we would be sharing the experience...

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Do you like camping on a beach? Bird watching? Bananas Foster? Fishing? Driving your 4x4 in the sand? Off road Bocce Ball? If you like any one of these things, you would enjoy a trip to Cape Lookout National Seashore. We managed to pack all of these activities into four days of fun in the sun...

I added shocks to my 3500 pound teardrop after 6 years of use. They made a noticeable difference in towing on all roads - paved, unpaved, washboard, rocky or dirt two tracks. It was enough to make me wonder why I didn't have them in the first place. Secondarily, I'm running standard trailer...