Most people don’t associate Pakistan with rivers and lush farmland. However, a large swath of territory around Peshawar is exactly that.
One river village (that I unfortunately don’t know the name of) left a particularly favorable impression on me:
It turned out that I was the first Westerner these girls had ever seen:
So, naturally, they were shy… So shy in fact, that they bolted into hiding when they saw me. And they didn’t start to emerge again until an old woman nearby told them to come out:
Others in town were much less shy:
A view of the town… The river is on the right:
A better view of the river:
Preparing lunch… Naturally, fish is a significant part of everyone’s diet here:
The Velvet Rocket 
Not many people know about this side of Pakistan… your blog is an excellent tool for talking about “obscure” but “interesting” topics.
Let me take this opportunity to say your blog about Pakistan, specially the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as N-W.F.P.), is an excellent travelogue and you have written it well.
And just to chip in the name of the river village you forgot, it’s called Sir-Daryab, it’s on the confluence of 4 rivers and Charsadda District. It’s famous for it’s Fried Fish restaurants on the banks of the river.
Thank you
Thank you very much for the compliment and for filling in the details on the name of the river…
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