#21 OOPS -PICTURES AND STUFF FORGOTTEN

Here are some pictures and stuff that didn't get included anywhere else, but seemed interesting to me.

Pakistani faces
These are just some of the people encountered along the way.
Man & daughters on the lane outside our hotel.

Policemen near the Booni marketplace.

Just a man and his grandson.














Typical boys on a Booni path.







These three girls just showed up in the courtyard of the hotel for a few minutes, agreed to have their pictures taken, then left.





Two school girls on a Booni path.






These kids were attending a wedding next door to the home of Aftaab's grandfather in Parwak.




This man walked by the same day the forester and son came. They were almost the only people we saw on the ridge, and we only saw them that one day.




More miscellaneous stuff:
Khowar is the spoken language of the Chitral region, but Urdu (similar to Hindi) and English are taught in the schools. As we know, English is written from left to right, but Urdu and Khowar are written right to left. Cleverly, the front and back page of students' notebooks are identical. That way they can start from either end, depending on which language they're writing. The national news on TV is presented in Urdu, but with some comments in English. The text at the bottom of the screen scrolls in the appropriate direction for the language. (Likewise, the arrival/departure alternates between Urdu and English, English starting at the left side, Urdu, the right.) The newscasters speak Urdu (at least for the little we watched), but there are lots of quotes or clips in English. Pakistanis love their cricket, and the matches are on national TV. Interestingly, cricket commentary is in English.

Eating. Much food is eaten without utensils, so hands get dirty. Light paper napkins (1 per person) were available in some restaurants. In a home it was more likely that there would be a box of tissues (like Kleenex), and at the end of the meal a small bath towel would be passed around for all to use.

HOTELS: In two of the places we stayed there was a colorful cloth (about 2 x 3 feet) folded on the night table. It was a prayer rug. Naturally, we referred to it as the "Gideon Prayer Rug."