Serendib Travel

Usman is a great travel guide, and kept up a running commentary as he drove us around, but I’m afraid I can’t reproduce it for you. We drove through wealthier parts of town, areas the military owns (the cantonment), and eventually came to more of an old town / market area. This is where you […]

You want a minaret? Lahore has you covered. Here is my favorite literary passage about minarets. And donkeys: ***** One of the men pointed to the dim interior of the minaret. ‘Look. .. see?’ ‘A very narrow, winding staircase,’ said the Patrician. ‘So… ?’ ‘There’s nowhere to turn at the top, right? Oh, any fool

Morning, folks. I woke up at 5 a.m., which isn’t bad for being slightly jet-lagged. Stayed in bed and read for a while, then finally got up, made tea, started my day. Still no sign of my suitcase, hopefully today. But I bought a few dupattas in the market yesterday, and I travelled with a

Met one of our students! Got a cool Salam Award pen! Am afraid tendency to add exclamation points to everything signals exhaustion! But look, I have made it to 10 p.m.! Go me! And now, I crash! Lahore, Pakistan.

Cool historical cityscape art exhibit. LUMS University, Lahore, Pakistan

More pics of the building I’ll be teaching in this week. The architecture is just gorgeous. (UIC folks, I feel like this is what BSB wanted to be, but couldn’t manage.) LUMS University, Lahore, Pakistan

The building I’ll be teaching in is just gorgeous. Usman Mlk told me what the motto over the door says, but I’ve now forgotten… LUMS University, Lahore, Pakistan.

The organizers have made meals very easy for us — we all get to eat in LUMS’s Executive Dining Room, where we can gorge ourselves on deliciousness to our heart’s content. There’s even a chef making custom omelettes for breakfast — I had the standard Pakistani omelette, which was yummy. Other breakfast items I enjoyed