Back in the Homeland

I arrived in Lahore my first night to painful heat and humidity, and of course, load shedding (which is when they shut off all electricity every so often to save energy), which precluded the use of the A/C, ahh Pakistan!  I hopped on the motorway (the one true highway of Pakistan) and drove up to Islamabad, and here I am now.  Of course the day after I arrive there were two suicide bomb blasts in Rawalpindi (the nieghboring town to Islamabad), will it ever end?  Who knows. As we drove around I whizzed passed the Red Mosque, and my uncle pointed out to me several new pro Taliban Madrassas that are popping up, and you can spot those bastards on the street when you see them as well.  All you hear in the news is the impending return of the two ex-PM's Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif and what will become of General Musharraf, and the so-called fair elections to come.  Despite this, everyone feels impending implosion of our government, and the rise of the Mullahs is not such a far fetched reality...  But alas, that is a post for another day....

So far I have eaten all sorts of yummy stuff from Payas, to Haleem, to local paratha wraps, and my stomach has held strong!  But I am worried. My stomach is so weak, I always end up with Montezuma's Revenge at some point, partly because I can't resist eating all the good food, especially the stuff I'm not supposed to eat!  My Dad's recommendation (despite him being a Chairman of Medicine, there is absolutely on evidence to this tactic), is to take a tablet of cipro once a day as prophylaxis.  My supervising docs would kill me if they heard I was doing this, but I decided what the hell.  So lets see what happens! Stay tuned for updates on my GI tract...

My cousin's wedding festivities begin tonight.  So let the excitement begin.  And no people, I am not hear to get married nor to find a wife.  But hey you never know right? Stay tuned for updates!

Comments

[working]

A Cipro a day in Pakistan in the summer probably isn't a bad idea - who knows what super-germs lurk about! Have they been boiling water for you?

[Suga]

Lol..have a great time!..Let see if u get hooked...

[Saida Qureshi]

Hi,

Hope u enjoy ur time in Pakistan. Let us know all the best places to go to as I'm planning my trip for either Xmas or Easter.

Plus, u might not be on the look out for a wife but just watch all the aunties parading their daugters in front of you!

X

[Humz]

U have to try the keema naan and channa halwa batura and of course the fanta - yummmmmmmm!