Destination: Pakistan
Photo We Love: Beach Day in Karachi
by World Hum | 07.17.09 | 12:36 PM ET
REUTERS/Athar Hussain A man collects shells on Clifton Beach in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Yahoo! BuzzKarachi, Pakistan
by World Hum | 05.20.09 | 3:32 PM ET
REUTERS/Athar Hussain A man, his hair dyed with henna, sells mosquito nets on a side street in Karachi
Karachi, Pakistan
by World Hum | 05.14.09 | 11:24 AM ET
REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro A man walks down Karachi's Clifton Beach, offering rides on his camel
Eight Great Stories of the Shrinking Planet
by World Hum | 04.28.09 | 10:08 AM ET
To mark our eighth anniversary, we've collected stories from our archives that speak to ways people and cultures are mixing and colliding
Karachi, Pakistan
by World Hum | 04.21.09 | 11:34 AM ET
REUTERS/Athar Hussain A boy leads a camel while offering rides along Clifton beach in Karachi.
Six Great Women Travelers in Asia
by Julia Ross | 03.20.09 | 10:57 AM ET
March is Women’s History Month, so this seems a good moment to call out a few of history’s great women travelers. Because so many 19th- and early 20th-century adventurers found themselves drawn to Asia, I’ve narrowed this list to women who made their mark on that continent, fording the Indus River or crossing the Tibetan Plateau, in defiance of social norms and often at great risk. These are the women I wish I’d been in another life. Herewith, my top-six list of the most intrepid Western female travelers to take Asia by foot, camel or donkey.
Morning Links: City Bans Apostrophes, Russians in Goa and More
by Michael Yessis | 01.30.09 | 8:06 AM ET
- Russians heart Goa.
- But how will the free-falling ruble affect Russian travelers—and travel to Russia?
- The Fortune Cookie Chronicles writer Jennifer 8. Lee collects toothpaste from her travels.
- Slideshow: Inspired by brothels in Pakistan.
- “Bread for the World ” and “The United States of Europe” highlight Rick Steves’ MVBs. I believe that means his most-valued books.
- Charles Darwin’s house: Future World Heritage site?
- In Slate’s latest Well-Traveled, June Thomas asks: “Am I too frivolous for Japan?”
- An Italian city in Tuscany says no to ethnic restaurants in its central district.
- Tikrit unveiled a shoe sculpture to honor the Iraqi journalist who threw his footwear at former U.S. President Bush.
- PEE. SUX. BOO. Just three of the funniest airport codes from around the world.
- In the U.K., the Birmingham City Council banished apostrophes from its road and street signs. The Apostrophe Protection Society says, “It seems retrograde, dumbing down really. It is setting a very bad example.” I agree, and I’m sure the typo vigilantes do, too.
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Pakistan Grounds All Flights
by Eva Holland | 09.25.08 | 12:10 PM ET
The order comes in response to multiple bomb threats aimed at airports across the troubled country, the Telegraph reports. Benazir Bhutto International Airport has been evacuated, and the national civil aviation authority has declared a state of emergency.
Disaster on K2: ‘Now I Really Realize That Everyone Here Has Died’
by Jim Benning | 08.05.08 | 11:04 AM ET
The AP reports on the last man to reach base camp at K2—grateful to be alive, his toes frostbitten—after falling ice resulted in the deaths of 11 climbers. Among the creepy details emerging from the scene: at least one climber apparently froze to death while hanging upside down from a rope, the Telegraph reports. And this, from a Dutch survivor: “Everybody was fighting for himself and I still do not understand why everybody was leaving each other.” The mountain is known among climbers for posing a greater challenge than Everest. Climber Ed Viesturs called it “the holy grail of mountains.”
Trekking on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border
by Eva Holland | 07.31.08 | 2:24 PM ET
This week, the Observer’s Howard Marks is the latest travel writer to brave a trip to Afghanistan, for a trek along the Afghan-Pakistan frontier. The most striking thing about his return to the country, 20 years after his last visit? The nonchalance of locals. “There have been great changes since your last visit,” one old acquaintance told him. “So, would you like to buy a gun?”
Riding the Rails in Iran and Beyond
by Jim Benning | 05.06.08 | 4:37 PM ET
Interesting bit in a Guardian story about train travel in Iran: “Scheduled for completion later this year is a line that will run from Kerman in the south-east to Quetta across the Pakistani border. When finished, it will present a mouth-watering prospect: uninterrupted rail travel from Europe to the subcontinent.”
Pakistan’s New Multiplex: ‘A Slice of America with Bollywood Flavoring’
by Michael Yessis | 04.21.08 | 10:23 AM ET
Great piece in the Washington Post about a new multiplex theater opening in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The country lifted a longtime ban on screening Indian movies in February, and now the country is poised for a movie—and cross-cultural—boom.
Speaking of Powerful Photos: John Moore’s Pakistan Story
by Jim Benning | 04.09.08 | 3:23 PM ET
Yesterday, I noted the riveting story behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning Burma photo. Today, I was chatting with a photographer who told me that many in the news photo biz expected Getty Image’s John Moore to win the breaking news photography Pulitzer for his shots of the Benazir Bhutto assassination in Pakistan in December.
Travel Warnings for Pakistan
by Jim Benning | 12.28.07 | 12:54 PM ET
Not surprisingly, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and ensuing violence and unrest have prompted new travel warnings for Pakistan.
Islamabad’s New Art Gallery: 28 Years in the Making
by Joanna Kakissis | 09.27.07 | 12:36 PM ET
Built in the 1960s, Islamabad is known for being clean, planned and, well, a little sterile—at least compared to the rest of colorful, crowded and unpredictable Pakistan. But the arrival of the National Art Gallery—which opened last month after 28 years of planning and construction—may liven up the capital, writes Carlotta Gall in The New York Times. Interestingly, the half-completed building was neglected for nearly a decade, until none other than Gen. Pervez Musharraf himself moved his offices into the neighborhood. Apparently he grew tired of looking at the thing and one day said, “What can you do with this eyesore?”
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