This French couple dared to travel to Pakistan

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This French couple dared to travel to Pakistan and fell in love with it
By KASHIF ABBASI

Contrary to what their friends told them, the couple think Pakistan is 'beautiful'

A French couple visiting Pakistan said that contrary to the portrayal of the country in international media, they have received a lot of love, hospitality and care from locals.

Robin and Pierettee Denis arrived in Pakistan via road from India a few days ago and will go on to Iran next.

The couple said their friends advised them not to go to Pakistan and that they were convinced there would be no law and order in the country.

“Because of media reports, we thought we will face many difficulties in Pakistan, but we are enjoying our stay and there are no security issues as reported in the media,” Mr Denis said while talking to Dawn.

“Pakistanis are very nice and they offer us food and tell us to stay in their homes. Not a day goes by when someone does not invite us to have tea or food with them,” he added.

Dawn caught up with the couple at the Danoie village, some 25 kilometres from Murree, where they were making a stop to refill their fuel tank of their purpose built jeep, which houses a small kitchen and a room and has the capacity for storing 180 litres of fuel.

“We went to Muzafarrabad today because we wanted to go to Gilgit-Baltistan, but someone told us the best route to get there is via Mansehra, so that is where we are going now,” he said,During their stop over at Danoie, locals offered them soft drinks and some insisted the couple have a meal with them.

“We left France in August 2015 and we have visited many countries since, including European countries, Asian states, China, India and now Pakistan. The people and places of this country are very beautiful,” Mr Denis said.

The couple is particularly taken with Pakistani truck art and have uploaded several pictures on their website.

One of the posts says: “In Pakistan, street art is rather the road-art, or more precisely the-art truck. Impossible not to fall in awe of these huge trucks, buses and rickshaws overgrown with a profusion of colourful patterns.”

Source: http://images.dawn.com/news/1176472/

 

[Moonlight]

Big deal. I go to Pakistan every few years. Nobody writes an article on me.

Dared...pft

Dared? It's not Syria or Yemen. Had Hai. -_-

We don't like Yankees

LOL

 

[waz]

Nice.

@Vergennes @Taygibay

 

[Vergennes]

Nice.

@Vergennes @Taygibay

Pakistan is no doubt a very beautiful country,with warm welcoming and nice people.... (from what I've read on french travel sites). I remember reading about a couple visiting a pakistani village and the warm welcome they received,being given food,everything they needed,even if the local population didn't have enough means!
Great scenery scenes,great food,it has it all.

Pakistan did great efforts in improving the overall security and can do more. It would without any doubt become a great tourism destination if of course it also develops its infrastructures and tourism infras.

 

[waz]

Stop arguing.

 

[YeBeWarned]

Pakistan is no doubt a very beautiful country,with warm welcoming and nice people.... (from what I've read on french travel sites). I remember reading about a couple visiting a pakistani village and the warm welcome they received,being given food,everything they needed,even if the local population didn't have enough means!
Great scenery scenes,great food,it has it all.

Pakistan did great efforts in improving the overall security and can do more. It would without any doubt become a great tourism destination if of course it also develops its infrastructures and tourism infras.

You are and always most Welcome here bro
we have a long journey to convince other people that we are as much social as others, and we have our own way of Hospitality
i would say, not just French everyone should Visit countries that they can to learn about Cultures and life style , First Hand Experience

 

[ali_raza]

we need to clear our image.unfortunatly our neighbors have invested heavily in destabilizing us

 

[Imad.Khan]

That was sarcasm designed to mock the slave mentality Pakistanis like you usually have when it comes to the west and apparently I hit a nerve there that's why you are responding back with personal insults lol Bhai koi angraiz nai milnai wali daikhai ki bhi aap per let it go.

@waz you want to deal with him or should i continue?

 

[SQ8]

There was a swiss couple that came with a off road RV back in 2006 as well. Wonderful people.

 

[Taygibay]

I had seen this thread but thanks anyway, Waz mate!

Funnily enough, it ties with this NatGeo excerpt from Pakistani Corner
that WAJsal posted :
https://defence.pk/threads/northern-areas-culture-thread.450307/page-5#post-8848261

Here, there is no such a thing as an uninvited guest. We’re joined by our friends Emmanuelle
and Julien from Paris, and they’ve brought their two daughters.
“With the current world situation, people thought we were joking when we were
telling them that we were going on holiday to Pakistan,” Emmanuelle says.
“We got worried too and almost called off the trip.”​

But Emmanuelle says she’s glad she didn’t cancel. The scene is nothing like what she assumed.

“I mean, if you ask someone back home to imagine life in a remote mountain region
in Pakistan, do you think they will picture this? This place is really doing something to me;
it’s making my soul grow.”​

I know of the opposite too as I told a few friends last Spring
that I intended to mountain bike in Pakistan when time allows
and was called off as crazy by an engineer whom came here.
I'm guessing most people would agree with him from public
perception and the media.

Then again, if you knew my opinion on "most people" ...

Great day Waz & gang, Tay.

 

[risingsinga]

December is drawing closer so is the time for my visit to this beautiful land...such articles give me more courage and hope though I'm already convinced that Pakistan is at least as safe as India or more....especially for women.
My analysis is that people of Pakistan are peaceful and welcoming people but it has a few terrorists while in India the general masses are hostile and extremely dangerous people against foreigners and especially female tourists and a lot of sexual assaults have taken place against them. This was the point I got through to some Australians friends who were planning to visit subcontinent and asked my opinion

 

[Hamza913]

December is drawing closer so is the time for my visit to this beautiful land...such articles give me more courage and hope though I'm already convinced that Pakistan is at least as safe as India or more....especially for women.
My analysis is that people of Pakistan are peaceful and welcoming people but it has a few terrorists while in India the general masses are hostile and extremely dangerous people against foreigners and especially female tourists and a lot of sexual assaults have taken place against them. This was the point I got through to some Australians friends who were planning to visit subcontinent and asked my opinion

If you go, you have to visit base camp at K2.