Finding the route…
Finding the route…
Day-by-day plans you can copy.
A road trip from Faisalabad to Murree with cousins: the Pindi Point chair lift floating through the clouds, the climb at Bariyan, archery and an evening on Mall Road.
A guide to Diriyah from my visit: free entry at Bujairi Terrace, the At-Turaif mud city, a 300-year-old Quran, the Arabian Horse Museum's 9,000-year-old statue, a 200-year-old mosque with a women's prayer area, and the parking fee.
From Kathmandu to Jakarta and on to Bali, then the long way back by road across Java: Ketapang, Ijen's blue fire, Mount Bromo, Tumpak Sewu waterfall in Lumajang, Yogyakarta and Bandung.
One of our best days in Bangkok: 344 steps up the Golden Mount, the dark history of Wat Saket, the Grand Palace in the midday heat, a 5-baht ferry and running out of baht at Wat Arun.
The whole route of my 2024 trip with Chachu Waleed: SriLankan Airlines via Colombo, Bangkok, AirAsia to Phuket, a boat to Phi Phi, on to Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Langkawi, and Eid ul Adha in Kuala Lumpur.
The Makkah ziyarat bus tour stop by stop, plus the new night route up Jabal al-Noor to the Cave of Hira and a free bus ride through Makkah after Isha.
Every Madinah ziyarat I've done, with how to get there: the 10-riyal pilgrim bus after Fajr, Jannat al-Baqi after Asr, Bi'r Ghars by night and the 20-riyal coach to Badr.
My first trip to Northern Pakistan with a tour group: the overnight coaster to Naran, Lulusar Lake, the Babusar Top zipline at 13,700 ft, 24 hours on the KKH, the Three Mountain Junction and the sky cycle at Rakaposhi, with every price I paid.
