Travel Tips

Info for Expats: Guide to Drinking and Buying Alcohol in Pakistan

January 27, 2011
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For expats and travelers to Pakistan, figuring out how and where to buy drinks can be confusing at first, and if you’re not in the know you can end up spending a lot of extra money, or worse, drinking some sketchy moonshine or faux beer that could seriously mess with your insides. Although I’m not [...]

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Expat Heather’s Guide to Morocco Travel

January 26, 2011
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During my year studying abroad at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco, I considered traveling around the country to be an integral part of my education. Here is a collection of the articles I’ve written about travel in Morocco. The majority are featured in Journey Beyond Travel‘s Morocco Travel Guide, but some are also hosted on [...]

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Expat Heather’s Guide to India Travel

January 20, 2011
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During our time teaching in Pakistan, my husband and I lived fairly close to the Wagha-Attari border with India, and we were able to to travel there during our school breaks. Listed below are links to informative articles I’ve written about travel in India. Articles are hosted on various sites such as USA Today’s Travel [...]

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Interview with Alam Jan Dario of Pamir Trails: Trekking in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan

January 11, 2011
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This interview was originally published on the old ExpatHeather site, but the post was lost in cyberspace due to my attempt at moving around some files on the FTP server. Since it’s about time to start thinking about summer travel again and readers often ask me for advice about hiking and trekking in Pakistan, I [...]

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Travel Gear Wish List for New Parents

November 8, 2010
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As my husband and I are expecting our first baby in January, we’ve already started thinking about how living and traveling abroad will be different when we suddenly become a family of three. When we were still just talking about getting pregnant, I started reading obsessively about traveling with kids and checking in on some [...]

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How to Get a Visa for India from Pakistan

July 9, 2010
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Getting a visa for India from Pakistan should be a straightforward process, but unfortunately that isn’t always the case. If you’re in Islamabad, you can apply for a visa from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. This requires going into the G-5 diplomatic enclave, a high security area. You must deposit all bags, cell phones, [...]

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How to Be a Responsible World Traveler: The Basics

June 28, 2010
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Sadly, this post was inspired by an Italian man who was attempting to drive overland from India to Italy. He got stuck in Pakistan, crashed at our place for two months, and ended up owing half a dozen people a few thousand dollars each (which he hasn’t paid back a year later). His first problem [...]

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