into the Punjab
I was pleased to find that there are international flights out of the city of Multan, as there is a shrine in the area that I really wanted to see. So I added a few days to my Kalash Festival trip with a plan to make my way to Multan afterwards. Then once in Pakistan, and speaking to a guide about how to get to the shrine and also the Derawar Fort, it was suggested that I spend a day in Lahore and take a late evening bus to Multan, so as to see the famous Beating the Retreat border ceremony close to Lahore, in Wagah. So I spent the daytime around the Walled City, Lahore Fort, the Badshahi Mosque, and other mainstream sights (the majority of which I probably visited when backpacking across Asia in 1984, but I don’t remember now), and then headed off to Wagah. OMG, what a crazy ceremony it is!! Carried out daily on both the Pakistani and Indian sides of the border since 1959, border guards dressed up in over-the-top costumes perform an elaborate series of moves (in...