Tour of Lahore

Badshahi Mosque during an Eid holiday/ belated birthday tour

Randy followed through on a birthday gift with a tour of some of Lahore's more interesting sites.  In one day we were promised the Lahore Fort and Badshahi (Royal) Mosque, Lahore Museum, Anarkali Bazaar, Shalimar Garden, Wahgah border show and ending with Gawal Mandi for dinner.  In our 10-hour tour we only accomplished the fort, mosque, old town, garden and border extravaganza.  Based on my exhaustion at the end of it all, I honestly think it would be impossible to do all of those activities in one day.

Our guide Imran was very personable.  His take on arranged marriage: if you and your wife fight, you can blame your parents.  Imran said he fell in love with his cousin but still married who his parents wanted and that his life is fine.  He also made a brief go at the Pakistan-USA political situation.  Imran and the driver together were quite the comedians and made many jokes about Randy's sweating abilities and the driver's eating ones- both being declared most healthy.  For me, the funniest parts of the day came each time Randy was asked for another picture with a group of guys; ten times is a conservative estimate for how often that happened.

WARNING: the following album does NOT feature Anastasia or Talula, does include some photos of Eid in all its gory (I'm mean, glory) and may want to make you visit Pakistan.

THE ALBUM: click here to be wowed