Disco Lorry
These garishly decorated trucks in Lahore, Pakistan were used to mainly haul marble, but would be laden with any number of burdens as they noisily clambered down the crowded Grand Trunk Road. In a strict Islamic Republic, such transports become an outlet for artistic expression and flare. Armed with hand carved wooden masts, custom paint [...]
Marooned in Pakistan
This story is a comedy of errors, a day where all that can go wrong did, and an experience that only being an experienced traveller gets you through. A day worth so much trouble and hassle, that only Pakistan could dole out.
We arrived in Abu Dhabi from Cairo without incident, and passed the 7 hour [...]
School’s Out for a Photo Shoot
We awoke at 6 AM to the usual clamor of our kind, but clumsy kitchen boy fumbling with the tin cups and metal utensils on the thin metal table. While laying exhausted in bed, it seems as if he is dumping everything out of a bucket from a considerable height, and then scraping and slamming [...]
Quibla Bandi Boar Hunt
We are now in a small village in a mountainous region near northwestern Pakistan, an area called Quibla Bandi. We have commandeered a house on a hill overlooking a small lake, and the green sprawl of wheat fields and farmsteads below. There is something that is ultimately more peaceful about the countryside, and the sound [...]
Leaving Lahore Behind
After such an eventful day yesterday, and a dead of the night panic stricken dream of intruders in our hotel room, I slept in a bit, and caught up on editing and writing. Being all packed up once again, we left Lahore to get back to Islamabad, where we are meeting our next guide, and [...]
A Terrorist Attack
Today we awoke to news that there had been a terrorist attack less than 3 kilometers from our hotel. We were already going to switch hotels, so as not to be in the same place for too long, but now it was very clear that we needed to change locations. The Sri Lankan cricket team, [...]
Mosquepade
We started a little later today, as the writing and editing backlog kept me up a little later than expected. But good headway was made, and hopefully you shall see the results soon, if not right now. So many photographs to choose from, as Lahore is such an interesting place, and editing becomes a very [...]
Greetings, Ancient Lahore
On our drive into Lahore, we witnessed a complete transformation of the landscape and climate. There were vast green fields of crops and flowers, livestock, and homesteads that exuded serenity as they zipped past our hired car windows. As we approached town, a fruit cart on the side of the road was glowing with [...]
Fear and Loathing in Karachi
Today we finally slept in a bit, at least until sunrise, and then started packing for our trip to Islamabad. Even though I have travelled frequently with a lot of photography gear, it is still always a daunting task to re-organize and pack for airplane travel after 4 days of filming.
After our breakfast and tea [...]
Days in Duriji
I have been in Pakistan for 4 days now, and to say the least, it has been an eye opening experience. I have been hiking up very steep and unforgiving Baluchi terrain, and have been burnt and cooked under the intense and relentless Pakistani sun. In the company of local Patan people, we were never [...]
All nighter in Karachi
To say the least, my first night in Pakistan has been a very interesting one. It started with our flight being delayed from Dubai on Pakistan International Airlines, because 4 passengers had checked into the flight, checked 4 pieces of luggage, and then disappeared. So we spent the next 45 minutes watching the “ground crew” [...]
En route to Pakistan
So I find myself once again aboard a jet, flying halfway across the world to a remote region. A familiar feeling that a few months in American society can easily make you forget about. The days leading up to this trip were dizzying, gathering all of the necessary photography and filming gear, checking, double checking, [...]