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| Lahore, Pakistan |
How much
you love your homeland? This is not the question to ask as home land is the
second mother for the person, I love Pakistan, one of many reason is this is my
home country and here in this blog I am going to give you guys few tips and
information before visiting this amazing
country and
to tell
you a bit more about traveling here it's not one of the easiest countries in
the world to travel to and if you have a
foreign passport there's a few things that you need to know before coming here
and if you have traveled in Asia before but never to this particular region
there's also a few things that you should probably know about the local culture
and customs just to enjoy your stay 100 percent now just before I get started
with all my tips I want to preface this by saying that Pakistan is not at all
what you expect it to be and what the media is promoting negativity about this
amazing country at the end of the blog I will make one really important point
that every single traveler coming to Pakistan absolutely needs to know about so
make sure you hang around right until then, so alright let's get started :
Know about your visa requirements
one thing
that you need to know about traveling to Pakistan is your visa conditions every
single country has slightly different set of visa requirements so make sure you
check those before booking your trip I have an EU passport
you will also probably find yourself filling
out extremely long visa forms. Although the Pakistan is going to ease the visa
requirement process for many of the countries and if your country is one of
them then you can easily get an e-visa facility without filling long forms and
providing lists of documents etc
Which ares of countries you are
eligible to go?
You will
also need to check which areas in Pakistan you can travel to you should know
that some areas in Pakistan are restricted which means that you might not be
able to go there at all or you might need to apply for special permits in order
to go there for example as at Kashmir also known as occupy Kashmir I mean it's
an area of very high tensions here in India and Pakistan Azad Kashmir. So Before
going there you might required the special permits.
Your Wardrobe:
you can
technically wear anything you want in Pakistan. if you want to feel really
comfortable and if you're traveling in more remote areas I would suggest
something like loose trousers and long shirts, however having said that in
places like Islamabad or the urban areas of Karachi and Lahore, you can walking
around by wearing anything like in jeans and a t-shirt so it's really up to you
and it really depends on the situation and location basically like a tunic
style outfit with loose trousers should do the trick.
Nightlife in Pakistan
if you've
done a bit of research about Pakistan you will know that it's an Islamic
Republic which means that alcohol is illegal for the most part here no bars no
clubs but you can party in Pakistani ways all day long all night long. if
you're not a Muslim if you're a foreigner it is possible to obtain alcohol here
but I would advise you to come here to enjoy the culture without necessarily
subscribing to some of the things that you might know from back home in the
West. try and enjoy juices chai the local cuisine and have fun
Pakistani food
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| Pakistan's most famous food biryani |
Food" one
of my absolute top favourite topics to talk about here in Pakistan so Pakistani
food culture is absolutely incredible and there are so many different subtypes
of local cuisines sweets. there's a few things that you need to know about
Pakistani cuisine before you try it first of all it's spice see a lot of it is
really quite fragrant aromatic and actually quite hot so if you're not into hot
boozy make sure you tell your hosts or your chefs that you need it a little bit
milder, it really just depends on your personal preferences another thing you
should know is that Pakistani cuisine is very rich and hearty so one serving is
usually going to be enough if you have it with a roti, naan or chapati which is
the local type bread it's gonna fill you up for a good few hours . Pakistan is
a meat lover's paradise. so while you can't get things like Pork (it's Haram
for Muslims) here which means sinful in Islam there is so many other types of
meat that are very popular here in Pakistan like chicken , mutton, lamb, beef
pretty much anything you want in cities like Lahore and Karachi, they
are really famous for their Street food scenes so go and check those out if
your true foodie in terms of the way you eat and watch eat there's a couple of
different schools I subscribe to the first which is I'll try anything at least
once even Street food restaurant food home-cooked food anything. a lot of
people say that if when you come to Pakistan you should be a little bit more
careful with the food that you consume and make sure that all of the fresh
fruit or fresh vegetables you're eating are washed with filtered water . in
Pakistan the food is just insane it's so graciously yummy .
Pakistan Sight seeing's
there's a
few museums here they can visit a lot of beautiful mosques some old forts
there's so much history here you'll be spoiled for choice and most places are
absolutely fine for you to visit no matter where you're from who you are female
or male but there's a couple of rules that you should probably follow in
visiting places of worship like mosques for example women should put on a
headscarf when visiting a mosque usually you also take off your shoes for both
men and women if you're not sure about any of these rules just ask a passerby
or the person in charge of the place you're visiting and ask them they'll give
you all the tips that you need
Stay in Pakistan
there's a
couple of luxury hotel chains here in Pakistan such as the Pearl Continental or
even the Marriott and those hotels really give you the highest levels of
security while you're in the country then they're usually quite barred away
from everything around them with big fat walls and those hotels can cost you
80-300 pounds a night quite easily. if
you prefer more of the local flavor and you want to support the local economy
then have a Google search now a lot of these hotels are not going to be on
booking.com or TripAdvisor especially
it's better to look through blog posts or
Facebook pages even recommendations from locals in fact a lot of the time you
might be able to just drive up to a hotel and inquire whether there's room
available and usually there is especially if you're coming here out of season
in some of the more mountainous regions you shouldn't be paying more than
£10-15 per night for a simple hotel. Keep in mind that Pakistan's tourism
industry is very much in the emerging stages right now so there's gonna be a
lot of hotels that are under development soin future you might fing much more
organized and progressed industry of tourists hotels and residency.
We
Pakistanis are so hospitable and so welcoming that you will very quickly forget
about all the imperfections
Pakistan is all Love
I'm
coming to the last point which is actually the most important Pakistan is not
at all what you know it to be it's not at all how the Western media portray it
is not a desert with camels running around it is not a horrible terrorist State
with bombs going off at every single corner Pakistan is a beautiful country
with the most welcoming people I have come across anywhere in the world so
before coming here make sure that you just forget all of your stereotypes all
the biases that have been instilled in you by International media and just open
your heart to the love the kindness that you're gonna receive and the beauty
that you'll see all around you
You found yourself astonished
every single day at the small gestures of kindness and generosity that you
receive here every day you are baffled by all the natural beauty in Pakistan
and how it's just not known anywhere outside of the country even if you have an
idea of Pakistan right now and you've never been here get ready for that and I hope that you'll be positively
surprised by your visit here.
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