American Family Travel in...PAKISTAN? (first impressions)

[Chakar The Great]

 

[war&peace]

So they only had to pay for their flights (perhaps) since this old lady is providing them with accommodation and food.. I wonder if she would ever support locals.. normally the observation negative.

 

[TNT]

So they only had to pay for their flights (perhaps) since this old lady is providing them with accommodation and food.. I wonder if she would ever support locals.. normally the observation negative.

She is hospitable to guests, wat if they r not locals. Pakistanis are hospitable to locals too, have u not been to weddings and functions or langars? Relatives regularly visit each other and stay with each other.

 

[war&peace]

She is hospitable to guests, wat if they r not locals. Pakistanis are hospitable to locals too, have u not been to weddings and functions or langars? Relatives regularly visit each other and stay with each other.

I have seen NGO aunties who are so kind to the foreigners...while beating their own servants and maids

 

[Path-Finder]

So they only had to pay for their flights (perhaps) since this old lady is providing them with accommodation and food.. I wonder if she would ever support locals.. normally the observation negative.

he mentions it here, he met people on facebook! lets not be so negative!!

 

[YeBeWarned]

I have seen NGO aunties who are so kind to the foreigners...while beating their own servants and maids

Allow me to share a personal story , on my trip to Northern Pakistan with my wife, we stopped at Shogran .. After getting a room and putting out luggage , we went out for a walk .. we stopped by a small shop that sells handcraft items , my wife went in and from her face it feels like she liked a lot of stuff .. I get her a necklace and bracelet , but than she finds out a very beautiful ring that has a toad on it .. she insisted that she wants it but i was skeptical because we have journey ahead and budget was limited , Price of ring was 500 rs roughly 3$ now its true that it not a lot but i was trying to convince her to skip something , while we were discussing the shop owner was hearing us talk in English , he understood that my wife is Foreigner ..anyway when i decided that she can have the ring suddenly the owner ask me ..

" Bhai ek baat pouchun ? Brother can i ask you a question ?
I replied , Yes .. Jee ?
He asked : Is she foreigner ? and where is she from ?
I replied , Yes and She is from America .
He asked , Is she your friend or relative ?
My response , She is my wife ..
He asked me what is her name ..?
I said, Fatima ( that is my wife's Islamic name )
He was so over joyed to know that my wife accepted Islam, he than asked me that we were discussing something, I told him that she liked this ring etc .. He was like Ok , I pay him total of 2200 rs roughly 18$ for all the stuff and as I was about to leave the shop he called me , He said here take this 500 rs back , I ask what is it for ? he said that Toad ring is a Gift from me , and he also said that in night time he also sells special coffee that cost 120 rs, he said I invite you both to please come and have a coffee with me . It will be on me , I tried so hard no to take it because i don't want to take his Halal income , I am sure he is not a rich person , probably living a hand to mouth life , but he still offer us, we went there and he give us the coffee I offer to pay for one cup he refused, So he didn't just give a free coffee and ring to my wife who is a foreigner but to me as well ..

Northern Pakistan is a Gem place, I got so many people , every shop i went to with my wife to buy something they offer me something for free , Like Soda , Water , Sugarcane juice , Tea and In Balakot market I bought 3 Val vet clothing piece each one costed 750 rs , i buy three and up on asking me if my wife is foreigner , the shop owner offer us tea but when we refused he said, Ok I will give you all three of these piece in just 1500 rs , total cost was suppose to be 2250 rs .
Its not just that people help Foreigner they help Pakistani's as well , If i had money I swear i would move to Balakot and have a small business over there .. I will say it again Northern Parts of Pakistan are not just beautiful for its landscape, they are beautiful because of its people ..