Ongoing Odyssey
26 February 2013
Odysseus was a very simply choice.
Odysseus travelled, either driven by storms or by his will to discover strange and wonderful lands where he met all sorts of people. Though I never met a Cyclops, I too have travelled to wonderful places across the length and breadth of Pakistan.
The Odyssey lasted twenty years, mine is still ongoing – though it is not in one stretch and there is no danger of returning home and not being recognized by anyone.
It was Odysseus’ spirit of adventure that made me adopt him name.
The choice of name Odysseus was also the irrepressible urge to see my world. Odysseus had it, and I follow suit.
Labels: About, Odysseus Lahori, Salman Rashid
posted by Salman Rashid @ 22:00,
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About
03 January 2013
Fellow of Royal Geographical Society, Salman Rashid is the author of fourteen books [The Apricot Road to Yarkand
, Jhelum: City of the Vitasta, Sea Monsters and the Sun God: Travels in Pakistan, Salt Range and Potohar Plateau, Prisoner on a Bus: Travel Through Pakistan, Between Two Burrs on the Map: Travels in Northern Pakistan, Gujranwala: The Glory That Was, Riders on the Wind, Deosai: Land of the Giant, A Memoir of Partition, From Landi Kotal to Wagah: Cultural Heritage Along the Grand Trunk Road, Gwadar Song of the Sea Wind, Mithi, Whispers in the Sand and Ziarat: Ecotourist's Guide]; all books are available at Sang e Meel (042-3722-0100), Lahore].
, Jhelum: City of the Vitasta, Sea Monsters and the Sun God: Travels in Pakistan, Salt Range and Potohar Plateau, Prisoner on a Bus: Travel Through Pakistan, Between Two Burrs on the Map: Travels in Northern Pakistan, Gujranwala: The Glory That Was, Riders on the Wind, Deosai: Land of the Giant, A Memoir of Partition, From Landi Kotal to Wagah: Cultural Heritage Along the Grand Trunk Road, Gwadar Song of the Sea Wind, Mithi, Whispers in the Sand and Ziarat: Ecotourist's Guide]; all books are available at Sang e Meel (042-3722-0100), Lahore]. He is the only Pakistani to have seen the North Face of K-2 and trekked in the shadow of this great mountain. His work - explorations, history, travels - appears in almost all leading publications and on this blog.
He has also written eight books of days.
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Labels: About, Odysseus Lahori, Salman Rashid, Travel Writer
posted by Salman Rashid @ 13:06,
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