Lahore

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Day 42...

although the train journey from Peshawar to Lahore took much longer than bus, but i have always love taking train as you can have more chances to interact with the locals

i was really lucky that there was a Sufi festival going on, and it was one of the wildest and craziest night i ever had!

and i think i fell in love with Qawwali =)

getting all pumped up!

and getting into spiritual ecstasy, simply mind-blowing experience!



and the locals enjoying themselves


Day 43...

entrance of Badshahi Mosque

Badshahi Mosque is the second largest mosque in Pakistan, able to accomodate up to 55,000 people

Samadhi of Ranjit Singh hidden behind the wall

close up of the mosque architecture


the beautiful alley in the interior of the mosque

locals taking a break inside

actually Badshahi Mosque is undergoing some kind of major repairs to replace the red floor tiles of the big square

outside of Lahore Fort

Lahore Fort too is undergoing some reconstruction

Lahore Fort as seen from entrance of Badshahi Mosque

the notorious Kim's Gun aka Zamzama, and was described as “Who hold Zam-Zammah, that fire-breathing dragon, hold the Punjab!"

entrance to Wazir Khan Mosque


inside Wazir Khan Mosque



close up of one of the beautiful decorations on the wall

the huge Lahore Museum that can easily take up few hours of your time

the flag lowering ceremony at Wagah border is a exciting daily event for Pakistanis to demostrate their patroism against their Indian rival

this oldman i heard had been doing the cheer-leading for many years already, simply incredible!

crowded with people

the very ethusiatic cheer leaders


here come the Pakistanis fighters!


Pakistan Zindabad! Pakistan Zindabad!


the actual flag lowering ceremony with the Pakistan and India flag crossing one another

look, that is India! haha


Day 44...

walking thru one of the many shopping streets in Lahore

there are quite a number of churches around too


hawker selling some local food

not only the buses and trucks are nicely decorated, the auto rickshaws are too!

one of the few gates that leads to the old city

you can find anything, from colorful pink flowers

to goats' heads and internal organs!

frequently we get Qawwali performances at our hostel (Regale Internet Inn) during the night


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Day 46...

tons of polices on the streets after the government almost declared a state of emergency due to the mosque seizure...
i guess i left Pakistan at a right time as all hell broke loose a few days later, leaving many dead and injured...=/


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