Pakistani visas and the US Den of Espionage
The counter official in the Pakistan embassy suggested we apply for a 30 day visa, so we could look around at his beautiful country. We agreed, heartily, thereby eschewing all advice the British government offered on their travel websites. If he was that keen for us to see his country, despite the fact that 3 weeks previously a Frenchman had been kidnapped on our exact route, who were we to know better? And Pakistan sounded an amazing destination, once you got passed the whole Taliban and Baluchi Independence Party situation… We applied for a 30 day visa, and left the office on a high. We had prepared ourselves for a lengthy and difficult interview. We had even written out our route and drawn a little map. We returned to pick up our Pakistani visa a few days later! While we waited for the visa we went to see the sights. We photographed the ‘Down with USA’ paintings on the walls of the ‘US Den of Espionage’- the new name for the old US...