A Pakistani press conference
One of the many reasons why we went back to the SOS-Village in Lahore was the fact that we could have a pressconference. We have had quite some publicity around this trip already but never a real press conference. Several…
A Pakistani wedding part 1
We are invited for a real Pakistani wedding. One of the girls of the SOS-Children’s village in Lahore will get married soon. A very special occasion since this the girl will go to the husbands house with her new family…
Mister Daniels Part two
Early in the morning we arrived at Mister Daniels workshop. Lots needed to be done and as Elles and I couldn’t do much, Elles returned to the SOS-Village. Mister Daniels and I went into town to hunt down spare parts.…
A Pakistani wedding part 2
Yesterday was the big day. The day of the actual wedding ceremony. We are also invited. Michel tries to look at his best in his travel outfit, elles is wearing her Pakistani dress, a present she got earlier. We are…
Kasur!
SOS-Children’s Villages doesn’t just look after orphan children. To make sure children have better opportunities they help rural areas to become self sufficient. SOS hopes to create a better environment for the children and their families. We wanted to see…
Leaving Lahore
We thought we were ready with the car but unfortunately we were not. Fortunately Mister Daniels reminded us that the wheels needed to be balanced. So at nine in the morning Mister Daniels and I drove to a garage where…
Return to the tribal area’s
On arrival at the Chinese Embassy we see the notice sign immediately. Embassy is closed untill the 7th of October due to National Holiday. This is something we had not expected as it will cut our trip to the Karakoram…
The horsemarket incident
Peshawar and the tribal area’s in the north western frontier province are under a great Afghan influence. This is caused by millions of refugees who crossed the border escaping the taliban rule and the war that followed. This left millions…
Guns of the Khyber Pass
Some days you will never forget. You never know it before hand, fortunately or unfortunately. A long story as so much has happend We are woken up by a knock on the door. Shit, we overslept. We are going on…
Inside an Afghan refugee camp
When you are told that there are very dangerous men in the hotel, how would you sleep? Well, we didn’t as every single piece of noise either woke us up. Very much tired and very groggy we woke up. We…