Here are a few of my pictures from Karachi. I had such a lovely time there! Miss everyone, of course. The good thing, one of many actually, that came out of this trip is the reconnection with all my cousins and our resolution to stay much more closely in touch.
The caption for each picture is below it.
My cousin’s daughter’s kitten, so adorable, he played all day long. Didn’t quite know what this strange, slow moving thing was 🙂
Frangipani, growing in my cousin’s back garden.
Guavas, yummm, one of my favorite fruits.
So cute, they wanted me to take their picture, then were very happy when I showed them the pic on my camera. I gave each of them some gum and blew them a kiss as I was leaving and they were all shy and happy, I guess women don’t blow even little boys kisses in Pakistan… Love the decorated buses!
The bus in itself is a work of art.
Bougainvillea
Muhatta Palace, built in the 1800’s by a Hindu Raja, it is now an Art museum. Gorgeous exhibitions, one of clothing and textiles, but they don’t let you take any pictures inside.
Outside Muhatta Palace, an obelisk with life imitating art!
A restaurant where we had one of the most delicious meals this trip!
Frere Hall, an art gallery.
Frere Hall, the masterpiece is the ceiling painted by Sadequain, Pakistan’s greatest surreal, modern, and calligraphic artist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadequain)
Dolemen Mall, loved it there!
A very artistic vegetable vendor!
Zainab Market (above and 7 below) A riot of color, beautifully hand crafted items. As soon as the salesman tells you the price of an item, you immediately, without skipping a beat and with a lot of indignation, say “Oh no, no, no, that is much too much!” and counter with an offer of half his price. This goes on for a bit, until you settle on somewhere near 60 -70 % of his first price. Really funny, I’m not too good at bargaining, but my cousin and her oldest daughter were masters! They got us some amazing deals!
Dolmen Mall
Dolmen Mall, oh the gorgeousness of their clothes!
Our New Year’s Eve celebration
At my cousin Lubna Apa’s. The best rice pudding ever!
New Year’s Eve in Karachi
At the beach, snake charmers, kept asking to take out the Cobra, I actually paid them not to take it out and go away!
Camel rides
Camels and horse back rides
My sweetheart, Fatto Khala.
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Oh, Samina! How beautiful!!! Were you born there? Tell everything!
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Thank you Laura! I was born in Bhopal, India. We moved to Karachi when I was only two months old and lived there till I was five years old. It really is an amazing city of 20 million now. I’ve lived in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad in Pakistan. Then moved to Buffalo NY when I was 11. Go figure! 💕😊💕
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Wasn’t Pakistan part of India at one time?
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Yes, before 1947, there was no Pakistan, it was all India. Then in 1947, when the British left after having been colonial masters of India for nearly 200 years, they created Pakistan and modern day India.
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Oh, that is very interesting. What is the ethnic profile? I noticed a Christmas tree in the mall, lots of kurtas and churidar, looks like an ethnic mix!
PS the buses are insane! I thought the painted lorries in southern India were a trip, but the Karachi buses take the prize!
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99.9% Muslim. Yes the buses are pieces of art! XXXOOO
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Beautiful pictures. Thank you for sharing!
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These are totally amazing pictures. I knew they would be, Samina! Again I’m glad you had such an incredible experience there. Much love!
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Thank you Dy! Love to you too.
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Love your photos. Wonderful vibrant colors.
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Beautiful pictures and you look so pretty in those kinds of clothes. I really love those dresses and tops. I would wear them.
Thank you for sharing. And the last picture with the very old woman, smiling from ear to ear, was my favorite picture. I think it could win a photography contest because it has so much humanity.
Love,
Annie💕💕💕💕💙💙💙💙💕💕💕💕
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Wow! Incredible photo’s. You have an eye for beauty
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Thanks!! 😊
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Wow, very nice photos:
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