Here are some pics from my late November 2011 trip to Mubarak Village (Karachi) and Churna Island. I am not in any of these pics
The day began around 4 AM when my cousin picked me up in his motorcyle to take me to a place where our car and its driver was supposed to meet us. The car never showed up! Too early to call relatives. So we walked to a sleeping cab driver and agreed on a price: Rs. 2500 (approx. $30 then) for the round trip from Paposh (Nazimabad, Karachi) to Mubarak Village. The drive was peaceful and beautiful. They wore sweaters and ski-caps but I didn't and I was fine. Anyway, here are the pictures. Will comment more later...
My first attempt to post so many images here and so may need to 'tweak' after this post.
Around 4 in morning: Someone trying to buy 'Paan' and chewing tobacco in Paposh, Karachi:
A poor boy begging at Mubarak Village. I still feel really bad not given him anything.
Our fishing boat is getting ready. No, this guy is not me.
Till about lunch we tried the 'trawler' like fishing with the boat running but no luck!
Trawler Fishing till around lunch. Obviously no luck.
Aaloo Qeema (groundbeef with potato) with Tandoori Naan Served by my cousin. The two other guys are our the 'captain' and his assistant. I loved the food!
The assistant is displaying one of the catches..these were apparently quite powerful for their size.
The Captain showing off one the catches..we caught a lot of these striped brown ones.
My cousin with the brown striped fish.