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Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Monday, Oct 17, 2005

Twins

David Murray
2007-02-23 22:10:11

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Up early, once again, we grabbed a rickshaw so we could get to the bus station as we needed to go to Islamabad as we needed to put our passports in at the Indian Embassy for our visas. This was going to be country number 50 for Lucy, so this was quite important for her !!! Once on the bus, it was plain sailing to Islamabad

Islamabad

Once in town, we found a hotel, and luckily for us, it had satellite tv. Have I told you how great tv is here. No. Well, for the people who don't know me, is that cricket is the love of my life, and they have a channel, direct from India, dedicated to cricket, and as it was a Saturday, I knew I had a long weekend of watching cricket. The only downer was the fact that there were no beers to be had !!! Such is life. Lucy understood this, so she settled back with me to take part in my weekend of sitting in front of the box !!! We did have a walk around Islamabad, and basically, it is a capital city, built into squares and is not a very exciting place. We did however make one important discovery. We found a Nike shop. As I was now wearing my new rubber sandals, they were not very comfortable, so I splashed out and bought a pair of Nike sandals. Lucy, who has had hers since time began, decided to follow suit and buy a pair as well. The only difference being, my old ones went in the bin, and her new ones went into her bag as she is having difficulties in giving up her old ones !!! Following morning, up early and off to the embassy compound to drop off our passports. The officials, will not let bags in, and you need to buy a ticket to get to your chosen embassy. Since 9/11, there is no walking to the embassies. We did this, and was soon speeding to the Indian Embassy. Being Pakistan, we were told to line up in men/women lines. Whilst lining up, I was speaking to a homie, and I told him I had been to Iran. He was shocked. He could not understand, as he said that it was a dangerous ...