Naran.net - 2023 Pakistan

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A Turkish marching band, patriotic music that all the locals joind in.

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Istanbul airport, our favorite connection hub.

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The flight back over the Karakorams, this is over the Tajik National Park on the way to Istanbul

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Wow!

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Outdoor barbeque restaurant, getting ready for customers to bring their spouses and families for a good dinner.

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The walk back to the hotel

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The only pharmacy open on Eid evening, providing essential service to the people. These pharmacists are a big support to poor patients who don't have the money or the opportunity to visit a physician,. I propose pharmacists be trained in providing the medicine they already sell without proscription, only more safely after acquiring more knowledge.

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While photographing the jacaranda, this young fella insisted to be in the picture, the photo became all his in the end!

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Our last day in Islamabad, I went for a walk to get something from a closeby market and saw this Bougainvillea in bloom.

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Back in Islamabas on Shah-rah-e-Faisal which leads to the Faisal Mosque.

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We decided to travel back to Rawalpindi via the GT Road, now called the N-5. The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sarak, and Long Walk is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads

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This scene could be from 1923 or 2023 but the buffaloes are helathier!

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Jacaranda tree in full bloom after a severe pruning last year. Nature has a way to fight back adversity by positivity.

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Haystacks after the harvest, done the traditional, manual way.

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