The hotel’s breakfast service started at 0800 and like other places, it takes about 45 mins to prepare omelette, toast and tea. Today is a big day as we will finally meet Lana, a first cousin of Kim and Jo that they had found relatively late in their lives.  They had never met and our […]

Lahore Museum Today we fly to Karachi in the evening and had the morning to kill.  My original idea had been to take Kim and Jo to Shalimar Gardens but after yesterday’s hot and sweaty experience at Lahore Fort, I opted for something easier. We had not managed to fit in the Lahore Museum on […]

Badshahi Mosque & Lahore Fort We headed out around 0830 after breakfast to visit Lahore Fort.  As it opens at 0900, I thought we could get dropped off at Delhi gate and walk through the bazaar to the fort rather than in the reverse order. That revised plan didn’t quite work out as the bazaar […]

Car to Lahore I had ordered an InDrive intercity ride for 0930, allowing plenty of time for the hotel’s slow breakfast service.  The car arrived a 10 mins late but we loaded up quickly and were on our way immediately. The route mostly consisted of excellent tolled motorway.  We took a comfort stop around midday […]

Taxila With my bodyclock on Beijing time, I woke around 0400 and dozed again till 0715.  The hotel breakfast started at 0800 and we found a nice spot in their garden to wait and eat around 0845.  As we found out later, most hotels take about 45 mins just to prepare omelette, toast and tea. […]

Departing Beijing After breakfast at 0830, we prepared for a 1030 departure to Beijing Capital Airport.  We arrived around 1130 to a very crowded traffic in the drop-off area but the check-in area wasn’t too bad. Security was slow but immigration fast.  With the large distances, we got the lounge about an hour after kerbside.  […]