Feb. 11 - Lahore, Pakistan
Saturday, February 11 :: Lahore, Pakistan :: 0km today / 4204km total
Out and about, checking out Lahore's touristy sites (fort, mosques, minarets). The mosques were fantastic, everything else less so. The relative lack of urine-stench and garbage in Lahore is refreshing - keep it up, Pakistan! I was shocked to walk into a public urinal, not wade through a stream of liquid running out of it, and not smell... anything at all. Even so, I wasn't in the best of moods today, feeling very exhausted and travel-weary, and was a little short with the attention-seekers at the tourist sites ("Whats your name/Whats your country/Can I have a pic with you"). Its not that Pakistanis are more in my face than Indians, its just that after 2 months of being the Elephant Man I'm starting to have enough of it. Especially since I've come to the realization that they don't really care about the answers to their questions (name, country, etc), they just want to gain some sort of benefit from my company ("Look at me, with the white guy! Do you see? Aren't I cool? Look, he's answering my questions, hahaha"). I'm talking about the haphazard question-askers here, not the people interested in a genuine conversation. I can now spot the difference a mile away - shying away from the first, very receptive to the second. You can only keep a stiff upper lip for so long.
I went to see King Kong (English version), hoping for a few hours of sanctity, but such was not to be. The movie soundtrack was butchered by audience talking, cellphone ringing, drinks salesmen, etc. Not that the plot wasn't easy to follow, but come on now. Is it really necessary to comment all the time during a movie? Apparently, gratingly, so. It seemed that the love story was lost on the audience.
Not sure if I'll ride out of here tomorrow, it was a long day today, and I still feel pretty exhausted. Lahore is a good city, for an Asian city of 5 million, and I'm thinking of doing Absolutely Nothing tomorrow. One more reassuring thing - the police are out and about doing traffic things - directing traffic, and having double-parked cars removed by forklifts! This is so funny to watch, and I give the lift drivers a thumbs up. Sometimes the car owners come running out of shops or alleys, frantically explaining why they block in traffic... too late, buddy. See you on the road in a few days - or maybe not!
Out and about, checking out Lahore's touristy sites (fort, mosques, minarets). The mosques were fantastic, everything else less so. The relative lack of urine-stench and garbage in Lahore is refreshing - keep it up, Pakistan! I was shocked to walk into a public urinal, not wade through a stream of liquid running out of it, and not smell... anything at all. Even so, I wasn't in the best of moods today, feeling very exhausted and travel-weary, and was a little short with the attention-seekers at the tourist sites ("Whats your name/Whats your country/Can I have a pic with you"). Its not that Pakistanis are more in my face than Indians, its just that after 2 months of being the Elephant Man I'm starting to have enough of it. Especially since I've come to the realization that they don't really care about the answers to their questions (name, country, etc), they just want to gain some sort of benefit from my company ("Look at me, with the white guy! Do you see? Aren't I cool? Look, he's answering my questions, hahaha"). I'm talking about the haphazard question-askers here, not the people interested in a genuine conversation. I can now spot the difference a mile away - shying away from the first, very receptive to the second. You can only keep a stiff upper lip for so long.
I went to see King Kong (English version), hoping for a few hours of sanctity, but such was not to be. The movie soundtrack was butchered by audience talking, cellphone ringing, drinks salesmen, etc. Not that the plot wasn't easy to follow, but come on now. Is it really necessary to comment all the time during a movie? Apparently, gratingly, so. It seemed that the love story was lost on the audience.
Not sure if I'll ride out of here tomorrow, it was a long day today, and I still feel pretty exhausted. Lahore is a good city, for an Asian city of 5 million, and I'm thinking of doing Absolutely Nothing tomorrow. One more reassuring thing - the police are out and about doing traffic things - directing traffic, and having double-parked cars removed by forklifts! This is so funny to watch, and I give the lift drivers a thumbs up. Sometimes the car owners come running out of shops or alleys, frantically explaining why they block in traffic... too late, buddy. See you on the road in a few days - or maybe not!
posted by Graham Durrant at 6:45 AM
6 Comments:
hey graham, this is a really good travel blog. happened to come across yer blog while surfing. i was goin thru some of ur earlier posts (one whr u got knocked over in Calicut) :) well, i must say ur understanding of India is much better than tht of most westerners. i was really amused by ur friend's rant abt how women here r treated. made me think of posting a comment on his/her blog, but i think u hv done a good job of replying to it. :)
umm, r u an Indologist or something?
hey, thanks. not an Indologist, just ride with my eyes open ;-)
lol! yes, i admit u hv to be extra careful on Indian roads. but it is improving. slowly but surely. btw, i think it's a really great idea, tryin to understand the culture by actually being thr. besides, like i said b4, i think u really hv a balanced viewpoint tht most others lack. i appreciate tht in a man. respect for other cultures is a trait lost on some (most?) ppl.
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