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Peshawar, Pakistan
Wednesday, Oct 19, 2005

The Pass

David Murray
2007-02-23 22:11:30

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cooked us some great food, washed down with green tea. It was a great way to end a good day. He did try to convice us to buy some carpets, but we had to decline

It was good to sleep in, after some of the days we had been having, so we decided to have a proper walk around the town. We found the gold bazaar, which lead us to the oldest and biggest mosque in Peshawar. The Mahabat Mosque. Homies came over as usual to talk, but we were on a mission. We moved through the bazaars and came across the womens one. Most of the women were wearing Burkhas. I thought Lucy would look good in one of those, for when we go to Afghanistan !!! We moved through, until we came to an old caravanserai. It had been used as an old fire station and Police post, and also contained an old Hindu Temple, but was now falling down. There were a couple of kids playing with fluro chickens as well. Kind of looked right in place with the surroundings !!! Down the road, we came across Cunningham Clocktower, built for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Back into the bazaar, we managed to pick up another Afghani homie, who wouldn't shut up about cricket. Then it happened. A guy came running up and said his name was Shaquille Afridi. I joked and asked him if he knew Shahid Afridi. He said it was his cousin, which is quite possible, considering that everyone here seems to be related. I could not help but think 6 fingers, two heads !!! We lost our Afghani homie, and as it was getting late, we went to the Turkman's place for dinner. He had some more Afghani friends, one who was called Abdul Qadir !!! I asked if he had played for Pakistan, he just laughed and said that he was a better bowler !!! Over dinner, the talk was cricket. In fact, we talked nothing else. If Afghanistan get their asses into gear, one day, they will have a side that will be capable of beating Bangladesh !!! Dinner was great, and we told the Turkman of our plans to come back as we want to go to Afghanistan. He said he had loads of relos who would be homies for us, or he would even join us and be our guide !!! Eventually, we had to leave. We said our goodbyes and said we would meet again in the future

That was Peshawar and the Khyber Pass. It was good to come, but the North of Pakistan is calling us, so it is off to bed now, as we have an early bus to catch.