Gandhara was the name of a region located in the present northwestern part of Pakistan. In the north it was extended into Swat valley while the valley of Peshawar was making is southern territories. In the west it included Jalalabad in Afghanistan. River Indus including Taxila marked its eastern boundary line. Ancient Gandhara is mentioned...Read More
The most historic and strategically crucial passage of Khyber Pass is part of Spinghar or Safed Koh mountain range which is a smaller range connected to Hindu Raj mountain range, extending up to Shandur Pass in the northeast while its eastern boundaries is flanked by the Himalayas separated by Indus River. On the western flank...Read More
Confirmation of a 12 people group from our Japanese Tour Operator for Afghanistan Tour encouraged us to travel again to Afghanistan to confirm what services are available and improvements are made since the tour by Yousaf and Waseem when they had to stay at a tea house in Bamiyan. For this time it was decided...Read More
Yousaf and Waseem could travel to Bamiyan only, as the road to Band e Ameer was not yet cleared from mines. Afghanistan at that time was the country with most mines laid out during the Soviet occupation period. At Bamiyan, they spent the night at Mama hotel (Chai Khana) the only place to stay. On...Read More
Since I had decided to discontinue my job in Saudi Arabia so I returned to Pakistan in March 2002 soon after attending ITB, the largest Tourism mart in Berlin where I discussed the opportunity of running tours in Afghanistan with several European and American tour operators. Most of them showed interest in the idea as...Read More
Panjsher Valley Copyright: Saiyah I was in Saudi Arabia on 9/11 where I had returned a week earlier after spending 2 months of holidays in Pakistan. Inbound tourism had just started in Saudi Arabia and there were lots of groups booked for the season from October onward, however, tourists do not visit Saudi Arabia...Read More
Lakes of Band-e-Ameer Copyright: Saiyah Ever since I started flying to Europe in the early 90s, I always wanted to visit Afghanistan, particularly the Buddha’s of Bamiyan and Lakes of Band e Ameer. In the early 70s, when we lived in Peshawar, I had heard from my uncle stories of college student groups going...Read More
Pakistan is home to a vibrant Sikh community, and it is also home to many historic and spiritual gurdwaras that are an important part of the country’s cultural heritage. The Sikhs ruled over Indian subcontinent and managed to stay for about over two decades. During this period there were a ton of new additions into...Read More
