Round and round we go

I am not stuck in the Bermuda Triangle, but rather the South East Asian circle.....round and round and round we go. India....Pakistan....Nepal.....back to India.....back to Pakistan...and who knows where next. I've now been in Pakistan for over 10 days or so and been having a crazy time. So far I've managed to get invited to a wedding but showed up at the wrong one, travel to the Khyber Pass to wave hello to our friends in Afghanistan, stay at a mosque till 5am for Sufi night watching guys got stoned and beat drums (if this blog site could only play video clips), somehow get dragged into an arms shop (only to remember the warnings from my Tibetan astrologer to stay away from weapons, even at a museum) , get pulled over twice while driving and take a mini road trip to Murree before heading up the Karakorum Highway(KKH). I had no clue that the Virgin Mary was buried here in Pakistan. We stopped at her grave on the way back from Murree. Ok, no more Pakistan updates till I am out of here alive. I can't wait for a flood of emails from my family asking questions on the aforementioned (good thing I did some editing).

You think the US is having a heat wave? Try 115+ degrees in Lahore and Peshawar with no a/c then throw full Pakistan shalwars on, head scarf and all! I managed to find a cooler retreat up in the mountains. I am more than half way up the Karakorum Highway, almost to China. We just got to Karimabad in Hunza Valley after passing through Aliabad. Of course I made the bus driver stop so I could take a million photos of my city. My friends and I thought it was great, but no one else really cared. Karimabad might be one of the most beautiful places I've been yet. They also have lots of Haider related businesses; Haider Inn, Haider Hotel, Haider Cafe. Unfortunately I haven't managed to get any discounts or kickbacks, but am still trying.

I have been getting really lazy on the blog front, but hoping to make it up in other ways. For updates on my 10 days back in India with Sally, just read her blog ha ha...
updates http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Himachal-Pradesh/Manali/blog-73343.html
photos: http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamal/blog-73775.html

more details later (maybe)