American Views Abroad

 
Having arrived in Germany on my own many, many years ago and hardly speaking a word of the language, I had the very good fortune of finding a friend, Christl, a woman a generation older than I. She more or less took me by the hand and introduced me to the ways of the small town in Germany we found ourselves in, and in Europe in our travels together back then during the heart of the Cold War to East Berlin, Moscow, Prague, Vienna. Christl has always had a keen curiosity of the world at large and so it was no surprise when she decided, on her own, to pack up and go to Pakistan last November for a couple of weeks. We have heard a lot about Pakistan in the media these last years, but how many of us would venture out to see it first hand and in these times?
Christl, a German, has written up two revealing first hand reports about her trip in English with stunning photos. Read Autumn in Pakistan: A Look Through the Keyhole 1 at www.globosapiens.net/travel-information/Beltit+Fort-2920.html and 2 at www.globosapiens.net/travel-information/Rakaposhi+Peak-2921.html.
These reports present us with a startling new look at a country we know far too little about. Certainly, as she herself points out, a far cry from what the media feeds us on a daily basis.
- posted by Gloria @ 7:19 PM