Jet lagged in Lahore

Haven’t arrived to my final destination yet. Arrived here in Lahore just before midnight (3am Manila) and went straight to Holiday Inn to get a night’s sleep — something I didn’t really get maybe because of the tiring 14 hours trip and jet lag. So even if it’s early in the morning here, I feel like it’s noon already.

We flew over Calcutta, India and the top view of the huge city at night is breath-taking. Reminds me of the planet Coruscant in Starwars.

I will be flying to Islamabad in 4 hours so I won’t have enough time to check out the city. It’s cold outside and when I went up the rooftop swimming pool to take pictures of the city, there wasn’t enough to see because of the fog.

Breakfast was okay and most have curry or some spice. I found some insect (was that a cockroach?) in my coffee. I asked them to replace it and the second cup I got still has one leg floating in it. Oh, well. I skipped it.

Good thing the hotel had free internet in the room but it took them a while to look for data cable I could use to plugin my laptop (note to self: bring data cable next time). The net is a little unreliable (keeps going on and off) so if you’re wondering why I haven’t responded to your emails, it’s because GMail wouldn’t load but yeah, I can see about a dozen or so unanswered emails already.

Hopefully, I will get some decent connection when I get to Islamabad. I’m on international roaming (SMS only) so you can text me for urgent stuff.

Note: Pictures taken using my N6233’s 2MP built-in camera.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

7 Comments

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12 years ago

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Miguel says:

18 years ago

Yeah we should have a series on business blogging abroad!
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Abe Olandres says:

18 years ago

@ ka edong

I’m ingat na ingat. :) Tago lang sa room ko palagi. hehehe

@ Gulmina

Thanks! :) See you soon!

@ noemi

Sigurado, I’ll do a post about it next month. :)

@ Sajid

Hi Sajid, it’s a rather long trip and since the announcement at the airport says cameras are not allowed, my dSLR stayed inside my backpack the whole trip. Still adjusting a bit to the time difference. Hope to see you soon. :) I like spicy food, but not too fond of curry though.
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Sajid Iqbal says:

18 years ago

Welcome to Pakistan! I will be here your host at Islamabad. Where you are schedule to stay in Islamabad? I am more close to Marriot, Islamabad rather than Holiday Inn.(PC under-construction). How your time going in Pakistan? Must be feeling bothered with spicy foods.
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Noemi says:

18 years ago

pretty soon you will be a seasoned traveller and you will be giving us tips on “things a blogger should always bring during travel”
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individualland says:

18 years ago

Welcome to Pak Abe! Ahem.. lets not count on you getting a great internet connection at Isl too! Just kidding ….. Its generally ok.
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Edwin says:

18 years ago

Lahore abhore hahahaha

ingat man. baka next time me makita kang kulot na buhok hihihii
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