The Longest and the Shortest Journey

Awais Yaqub

I decided to visit "Gurdwara Punja Sahab" a sacred place of Sikhism that is located around 60km away from where i live. I caught a van to the "Hasanabad" it took around 3 hours to travel 60km ! :huh if you have your own ride you can save a lot time.

I got the last seat:D


Finally i reached the place, and come to know i am not allowed to take photos of the monument security concerns, i told them everyone have picture of this place and internet is full of images. After listening to me they gave me suggestion to take photos from Internet........

Anyway here is the entrence of the Gurdwara


Alot of sikhs from all over the world travel here especially during holy festivals of Sikhism when place is really crowded hence you can see Urdu Hindi and English written on board.


Outer boundry of Gurdwara house a lot of shops


Then i walked to railway station and found these people in the way





She turnned her face away from me but thanks to lightning fast focusing of canon lens i refocused her face and caught it sharp


Where all the banners are painted !




And her is the station entrance



I had to wait 4 hours for the train and there was no one at the station



Across the station i spotted beautiful fields. Met this kid he was carrying vegitables for his home







A slogan on train praising Pakistani Army. This train was heading to Peshawar and i was suppose to catch train coming from Peshawar. Peshawar is near Afghan boarder.




Finally my train arrived and i got the seat.


A station in the way back to Rawalpindi ISO 800


And light was gone it took around 2.5 hours to reach back.

Arvan

Stunning photos! Love the colors. Looks like a intresting place.

Awais Yaqub

Arvan wrote:

Stunning photos! Love the colors. Looks like a intresting place.

Hey thanks Arvan

Chrissiebeez_NL

Hey Awais!

What a trip to visit a site! I like how you shot and used the mundane aspects of travelling to give an impression of the journey there as well. It helps in the feeling of travelling. Nice series of a interesting place

Awais Yaqub

Hello thanks Chris !

Ed911

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Hello thanks Chris !

Very nice...what an insight to another part of the world. Thanks for sharing.

Awais Yaqub

Ed911 wrote:

Very nice...what an insight to another part of the world. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for looking Ed

DsrtVW

I always enjoy your work Awais. You give us a slice of the other side of the world. That first shot looked like you did not have much room to take it. The one with the lady with the bundle. Is that fodder for animals she was carrying?

Tango

thanks Awais, that was very nice to see.

Awais Yaqub

Hi there thanks for looking friends

travellerbug

Hi Awais,

Great pics and definitely an interesting journey! I can't believe it took so long to get there. I have updated my Australia trip with a few pics and will keep going. You are such an inspiration!

Holley

vintagemxr

Awais, I just found this thread link from elsewhere on Dgrin. I always enjoy your photos. The second photo in this group of the little girl by the wall were the posters are painted is especially wonderful in the play of the colors between her garment and the wall. If you didn't stage that then you certainly have a quick and keen eye!

Doug

Awais Yaqub

Thanks a lot Holley and Doug for kind words.
And yeah that is not staged