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03 Aug, 2012
another journey
03 Aug, 2012
Another journey. This time, we’re flying to Houston earlier than we planned and the drive to the airport is familiar. Today the roads are clear. There is no traffic;...
Read more30 Jul, 2012
a trip to badin and tando bago…
30 Jul, 2012
After barely two of sleep, Aslam Khwaja arrives back at our house, and he and I set off again, this time for Tando Bago. On the way, we pick...
Read more29 Jul, 2012
more music, this time in jamshoro…
29 Jul, 2012
The drive from Karachi to Jamshoro is more than two hours long, but we pass the time with chatting with each other. Even though we planned to be at...
Read more19 Jul, 2012
stuck in dubai…
19 Jul, 2012
As the British Airways flight descends into Dubai, I wonder if we’ll make our Karachi connection in time. We already know that there might be some problems – as...
Read more16 Jul, 2012
airplane memories
16 Jul, 2012
I remember the grownups driving through Star Gate and entering Karachi’s international airport – I don’t even think the airport had a name back then – and walking up...
Read more11 Jun, 2012
haystack rock, cannon beach
11 Jun, 2012
We close out our coastline travels with a night at Cannon Beach, half a mile away from the 235-feet tall Haystack Rock, which we cannot approach in the evening...
Read more09 Jun, 2012
a japanese dock at agate beach…
09 Jun, 2012
Along with many other tourists and locals, who are just as curious as we are, we spend the second part of our afternoon walking through patches of rain to...
Read more08 Jun, 2012
the pacific coastline
08 Jun, 2012
Today, while the rest of my new friends drive away from Silver Falls State Park in a coach that will deposit them at Portland’s airport, I get picked up...
Read more07 Jun, 2012
the retreat…
07 Jun, 2012
When my friend Sabina Haque tells me to bring a jacket to Oregon, she’s not joking. In Houston the temperatures were scraping the high nineties as I fly out,...
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