One Shoot, One Kill ...

Day 15 - Bahawalpur to Multan

Today's first stop was the Bahawalpur Museum which had a small but varied collection, including old cars, railway engines, intricately carved temple doors, examples of traditional weaving, and a model of Derawar Fort. 

The notable library building next door was in the last stages of being renovated. All the old bookshelves were up around the outside of the building, but as the front door was open we snuck in to have a quick look.

We then travelled to the centre of town to the Fareed Gate. We walked through to the bazaar though as it was still early many shops hadn't yet opened. Back near the gate we stopped at the government handicraft shop where a few souvenir purchases were made.

We then went on to Noor Mahal, a grand old building owned by the Ministry of Defense, which included a small museum and was still used for formal occasions. The grounds were extensive, and as it was a Saturday it was very busy with lots of groups of school children and families, there was even a jumping castle. We all attracted a bit of attention, regularly being approached by the locals. K and the other fair English woman in our group had become weary of the asking for selfies and felt that they had just a taste of what being famous might be like. At one stage they found a bench behind some bushes and tried to lay low out of sight.

We followed our police escort to quite a modern hotel in the city of Multan, our stop for the next two nights. We could see the logos on the shirts of our police, the back of one with "No Fear" while the other had "One shoot, one kill" and a picture of a person shooting a machine gun - I don't think that kind of work wear would go down well back home!

Of course, we were told we were not allowed to leave the hotel, even though there was a normal looking KFC opposite and some nice looking shops just down the road.