28 — Friday, Sepiember 18, 1998 — North Shore News’

Hespitable Asia

From page 21
Highwa

otherwise the south is swel-
tering in summer

What To Take - rain jacket
for monsoon season, saffron
for

Visas — two-week turnaround —
from Ottawa (no consulate i in.
Vancouver).

> Gilgit
- Geeting There:

way open April-October,
se .

By Plane - fiom Islamabad |

daily flights (book several
days in advance) - :
By Train - none wp north :

Bey

bat (Oth highest -
world) Polo en

waipiedi.

great indulgence at the. end of

‘ atrip or if yc
into ‘and yor
don’t know if you’re coming

alive .
~ Things To See And Do:. -
Darra gun factories (manufac-
“turer of AK-47s and anything:

in.” else that kils— 200 Rs wil

and target
sp apniton
day

‘Zam-Zammah (Kipling
fame); Marble: Pavilion;
Shalimar Gardens;

Population: 17 n
guage: Pushto,’Uzbck, -

Turkmen (no English)

- Religion: ‘fam ;

People: Path

Currency? SICDN=? H Afghani

changes hourly
~ Further Information:.,.
Guidebooks — The World’s
Mast Dangerous Places
(Robert Youiig Pelton) -
awesome book on terrorist
proups, kidnappings, vio-
lence, civil wars, serving jail-
time in Turkish prisons —
Reading — A Shorz i
the Hindu Kush (
— juvenile attempt
“Hindu Kile” ms ountains il
eauinpe ’s Trave
(Nick Danziger)”
~ Planning Your Tn

membe:

eather and not

When-Te Go - ~ spring & fall. «
(be .

ountains ill-:

(Lobtained a media visa after
‘writing long letter signing my
life away issued from New

"York embassy now cose.

> Kabul

There and Back Alive:

By Plane — none until war.is

- ever unless you want to be"
‘shot down

By Train — tracks blown up

- By Bus/Car — ‘eight-hour

drive covering 250 km (tanks

“have shredded road ~ similar
to bone-jarring China desert’

trip without the military
checkpoints). von

‘Area: 3,287,263 3 uae kin”
; Populatio: 3
Lan

0 million

Coeee ye $1 CDN=. 25:
RUPEE (Rs)

Planning Your Trip
Things to Remember
eat unwashed fresh

way ~ Srinagar very beautiful
but restrictions vary, with war.

When To Go- ane hi

oe unless in Kashmir and hillsta-

Visas ~ no tourists: visa Cur.
rently issued until war is over

~ What To Take — shoris,

umbrella for moiasoon season

On Tuesday, September 22nd,
part proceeds from every Subway sandwich

sold will go to help find a cure fo
Crohn's Disease, Colitis and
other childhood intestinal

and liver disorders. Please join us

in helping to cut out the poin.

north shore

Visas.~ 1 day in Vancouver
(quick and easy)

Further Information
Guidebooks - Lonely Planet
India, Lonely Planet Trekking
in the Indian Himalaya,
India The Rough Guide
Reading - Midnight’s
Children (Salmon Rushdic) -
anything by this

man is god's word; A Suitable
Buy (Vikram Seth) - epic
1400 pag= novel; A

' Fine Balance (Rohintca

Mistry) - great Canadian
writer (read the prequel
first); Tamarind Mem (Anita

-. Rau Badami); Travell

cepitig. in’ th
temple AES food for: a minor
donation) - -

- Resta

A jal
Bagh (site of 1919: British
f Hindus, Sikhs,

ings td See An Do:
India Gate; Huma
Tomb; ‘Baha'i Temp!
Qila; Rashtrapati 2
Bhavan. ;

The basics.
for your trip.

Further information
Websites ;

1. www.roughguides.com
2. www.hotwired.
com/rough

3. www.travel.epicuri-
ous.com/articles

4. wwwilonelyplanet.com |
5..www.expedia.com wl

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