Gary’s shared linksStratford, NJ, USA The hardest part about blogging, at least for me, seems to be keeping a series going until completion. I never finished my series of blog posts about my experience on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” In fact, I never even wrote the post I was most excited about: the recap of [...]
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LAHORE, PAKISTAN And just like that, it’s over. Off to the airport. Lhe-auh-JFK-dca Sent from my iPhone
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LAHORE, PAKISTAN Lahore is a modern city in every sense of the word. In fact, “modern” in the developing world sense might be even more modern than in the western sense. Lahore has a little bit of everything and is probably about as representative of Pakistan as a city like Washington, DC, is of the [...]
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LAHORE, PAKISTAN With Colombian and now Pakistani entry stamps in my passport, I feel like I’ve finally earned some serious travel cred. The thing is, Lahore really doesn’t feel edgy enough to warrant bragging rights. Yes, this is the post where I’ll talk about safety, and the short version is that I feel very safe [...]
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LAHORE, PAKISTAN This word Hindostan means “black place,” for in the Persian language “hind” is “black,” and “stan” is “place.” You may guess, therefore, that the people in Hindostan are very dark; yet they are not quite black, and some of the ladies are only of a light brown complexion. What a large country Hindostan [...]
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LAHORE, PAKISTAN Ya Allah the traffic! You have this mental image of developing world traffic, particularly in Asia. But friends and coworkers have told me time and time again over the years that that’s not Pakistan. Egypt, India…sure. But not Pakistan. I took their word for it. Now that I’m here, people are still telling [...]
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LAHORE, PAKISTAN Aside from pilots, does anyone really like to fly? I read an article a few weeks ago that suggested that going for walks has psychological benefits. The gist was that since the human mind evolved with walking as its only means of transportation, the brain essentially works at a walking pace. By going [...]
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LAHORE, PAKISTAN The next few posts will be temporarily password protected for security reasons. Let me know if you’d like the password. They’ll become public in the relatively near future–probably in a month or so. I’ll also try to get back to the Millionaire recap relatively soon, too. EDIT 01/24/2012: I’ve taken the passwords off. [...]
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