Pakistan

My buddy and I went to Pakistan for three weeks in June 2006. Why Pakistan? The mountains are huge and nobody goes there, that's why. We correctly guessed that State Department travel warnings are total paranoia and we were totally safe. We only saw three or four other Americans outside the airport, but there were a decent number of tourists from other less-paranoid countries. I freely told everyone where I was from, but no one ever got upset at me for that, in fact the maddest any Pakistani ever got at me was when I tried to tell them pro wrestling is fake. It's just a country full of bearded dudes that don't like George W. Bush--like looking in a mirror. We trekked in the Northern Areas for two weeks and when we got tired of getting rained and snowed on, we visited Peshawar, the Khyber Pass border with Afghanistan, and Lahore.

Below are the best 100 pictures. Click on the first thumbnail to see fullsize pictures and captions, and if for some reason you're just crazy bored and want to see an extra 100 photos, see my Yahoo Photos album.

Arabian Dew	Earthquake Refugees	KKH	Sad	Sun-Drenched
Staying Hydrated	Kissing Poo	Huts at Yashpirt	Huts at Yashpirt	NGO Pipe
Water in a Flower	Clouds on Batura Wall	Batura Glacier	Batura Glacier	Domesticated Yak
Pointy Rocks	On the Werthum	Before	After	No Pass
Flowers	The Next Morning	Light and Dark	Light and Dark 2	Shrouded
Alluvial Fan	Huts at Yashpirt	New Boulder	Glacier Flower	Way Out
Bridge of Death #1	Bridge of Death #2	Bridge of Death #1b	Old Bridge	Pimp My Ride
This is how we roll.	Up to Kilik Pass	Looking to China	China	Towards Mintaka
Looking Ahead	Looking Behind	A Humongous Yak	Looking Back	Looking Ahead
Tracks	Mintaka Pass	China, 1964	1964	Pakistani side of Mintaka Pass
Little Bit of Everything	Bridge	Machismo	Misgar at Night	Bitter Beer Face
Shave and a Hair Cut	Mecca Cola	Schmuck	Shandur Pass	Truck
Lowari Pass	Houses Near Lowari	Engines	Smuggler's Bazaar	Bazaar Clothing
Plants	Donkey Cart	Gangsta Boogie	Peshawar Central Prison	Faceless
Cinema	Bus Roof	Parrots	Skywalk	Marcus Being Nosy
Construction	Burkha	Old Market	Rump	Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Afghanistan	Flowers	Snooker	Boxes	Hindu Shrine
Kid	Father and Son	Cricket	Lizard	Badshahi Mosque
Gurdwara of Arjan Dev	Mosque and Temple	Perspective	Framed	Shade
Naulakha	Family	Hookah	Uggggh	Home