Pakistan Travel Blog
Travel guides, itineraries, abandoned places, street art and off-the-beaten-path places in PakistanHello and welcome to our Pakistan travel blog. You will find all our Pakistan blog posts in this section of our website.
Maybe you found our Pakistan travel blog because you are considering a visit to the subcontinent, or perhaps you are partway through planning a trip to Pakistan. Whatever the reason, we hope we can provide some useful resources and travel tips for Pakistan.
Mark backpacked through Pakistan a couple of times in his twenties (pre-Kirsty) and the Pakistan posts we currently feature are all part of our ‘Back in the Day’ series.
Our Pakistan blog posts are generally aimed at independent travellers and backpackers like us and have a strong focus on travelling around using public transport, staying in budget accommodation and exploring off-the-beaten-path and lesser-visited places.
Browse all of our Pakistan blog posts
An epic train journey from Iran to Pakistan
An epic journey by train to Pakistan. I arrived in Zāhedān in May 1995 to catch the twice monthly train to Quetta in Pakistan.
The Aga Khan’s Helicopter: Travels in Northern Pakistan in the early ’90s
An epic travel story of travelling in Pakistan in the early 1990s: I arrived in Pakistan under a hail of falling rocks, lightning and torrential rain.
Friday Flashback | Shooting a Kalashnikov rifle in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier
Shooting a Kalashnikov rifle is an unusual tourist activity but one I experienced during my travels in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier.
Friday Flashback | Problems in the Hunza Valley, Pakistan
On my first visit to Pakistan in 1992, I spent a week or so relaxing in Altit, a tranquil village deep in the Hunza Valley, staying at Ali’s Guesthouse.