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Pakistan 2008
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Khunjerab to Islamabad
Islamabad & Rawalpindi
Taxila
Peshawar
Lahore
Wagha
Khunjerab to Islamabad
Scotsman at Khunjerab Pass
Changing Sides
View at Khunjerab
View at Khunjerab
Frozen Stream
Down through the mountains.
With our companion car ahead.
Our Overheating Minibus
Ibex
Khunjerab National Park
Glacier End
View from Darbar Hunza Hotel
Karimabad
With fort in mid-distance.
Baltit Fort
Baltit Fort
Misty Mountains
A River, A Valley, A Road.
Hunza River
KKH: Minor Repairs.
Jeep: Karimabad to Gilgit
Gilgit
Gilgit Polo Plaque
Gilgit: Bedford Truck
View from Gilgit Serena
Gilgit Serena to Rakaposhi
Rakaposhi (7788 meters, 25,500 ft)
The Indus from the KKH
Islamabad & Rawalpindi
Islamabad: Edge of Central Area
National Assembly
Well protected with barbed wire, steel fence and guards.
Pakistan Supreme Court
Prime Minister's Secretariat
Prime Minister's Secretariat
With lots of security.
Shah Faisal Mosque
Shah Faisal Mosque
Shah Faisal Mosque Interior
Scotsman at Shah Faisal Mosque
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi: Chowra Fowk
Taxila
Taxila Museum
Heads with Greek features.
Taxila Museum
Buddha with Greco-Asian features
Taxila: Sirkap
Taxila: Sirkap
Taxila: Sirkap
Taxila: Jandial Temple
Greek style Ionic Zoroastrian temple.
Taxila: Jandial Temple
Fragments of Ionian column.
Peshawar
Bala Hissar
Headquarters of the Pakistani Frontier Corps.
Bala Hissar
Bala Hissar
With old and new guns.
Chowk yadgar
Within bazaar area.
Mahabat Khan Mosque
Peshawar Museum
Peshawar Museum
Peshawar Museum
Peshwar Museum
"Buddha head with Greek features"
Peshawar Museum: Bodhisativa
2 c. A.D with curly hair.
Peshawar Museum: Contemporary Art?
Khyber Checkpoint
The "Bird Bazaar"
Lahore
Lahore Fort
Lahore Fort: Diwan-i-Aam
Lahore Fort: Palace of Mirrors
Lahore Fort: Marble Inlay
Shah Burj Gate Detail
Lahore Sikh Temple
Badshai Mosque Gatehouse
Badshahi Mosque Minaret
Badshahi Mosque Gate
Badshahi Mosque Courtyard
Badshahi Mosque Interior
Badshahi Mosque
Zamzama (Kim's Gun)
Cast at Lahore in 1757.
Lahore Museum
The First curator was Rudyard Kipling's father.
Lahore Museum: Helmet & Mail
Lahore Museum
Lahore Museum: Starving Buddha
Lahore Museum: Fall of Serrangapatam
The signage reports that in 1799 "Sultan Tipu was martyred while fighting ... General Harris".
Lahore: Bullock Cart
Lahore: Delhi Gate
Into the Old City.
Wasir Khan Mosque
Circa 1635
Wasir Khan Mosque
Lahore: Bazaar Street
Lahore: Old City Wall
Squirrel near the Holiday inn
Jahangir Tomb (c. 1637)
Jahangir Tomb Tower
Jahangir Tomb
The Emperor's Tomb.
Jahangir Tomb Detail
Jahangir Tomb Interior
Scotsman inside Jahangir Tomb
Wagha
A Pakistani warm-up flag waver
With patriotic crowd.
The Indian Crowd
(Several times the size of the Pakistani)
"Our" Cheerleader
A spry, vigorous and patriotic warm-up act.
The Pakistan Team
The Indian Team
Face to Face Posturing
The Flags Come Down
Celebrating Team Pakistan's Great Victory
Scotsman at Wagha
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