Published: Humsafar magazine Sep-Oct 2011 (PIA)

Published: Humsafar magazine Sep-Oct 2011 (PIA)
Originally uploaded by Ameer Hamza

Kalat Fort

Khan-e-Kalat's Darbar

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Baluchistan Diary - Day 13 / Road to Karachi

Road to Karachi
Originally uploaded by Ameer Hamza

As Danial's IBM was due on Monday we had no choice but to head straight for Karachi. And it was Sunday today. After some road blockage near Khuzdar after a night stay there, we went for Karachi. And it was really hot. Yes, it should be. Kalat is at a certain height whereas Khuzdar is down the hill. And as you leave Khuzdar during summers, you really feel the music. But I found road really wonderful and agreed that if entire Baluchistan's roads are carpeted as this road, I am sure much benefit will come to the way of a poor Baluch, whose home this has been for many centuries now.

Baluchistan Diary - Day 12 / Carpet

Carpet, Kalat region, Baluchistan
Originally uploaded by Ameer Hamza

Any visit to this most beautiful region is incomplete without a mention of hand knotted carpets or its photographs. I really love carpets and when there is a light shining on it. The real hand-knotted carpets are really expensive. But the most awesome carpet of all here in this palace wasn't the one photographed here - it was in the drawing room. And I really have to curse myself for not properly photographing it.

Our Baluchistan expedition was fully funded by www.pakgateway.com.

Baluchistan Diary - Day 9 / Lakhpass to Taftan

Lakhpass to Taftan
Originally uploaded by Ameer Hamza

This pass appears suddenly and un-expectedly just after where the board states, Noshki. It is a pass to the wonders of border, which is nothing less than 800 KM from this place. And it is this Lakhpass for which you have to pay the toll. The journey begins here.