Introduction Some trips are planned for months… and some just happen.My recent journey to Afghanistan was one of those beautiful, unexpected adventures — the kind that remind you why you fell in love with travel in the first place. I was already exhausted yet satisfied after leading back-to-back motorcycle tours across Pakistan, first with a...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
