Kitch Family

Chapter 11: Sightseeing in Lahore Wanting to see what Lahore had to offer before the year ended, Dana and I joined friends on a city tour. We marveled at the culture and history that the city held. The Badshahi Mosque, built in 1673, holds 100,000 worshippers at one time. Standing in the centre of the mosque, I looked up at the gr…

the Trials and Tribulations of Teaching Brandon University Alumni News article about our experience during 9/11 while living and working in Lahore, Pakistan. By Joanne F. Villeneuve of the Brandon University Alumni News

Chapter 10 March 17, 2002 Lahore International Airport Holidays were upon us and we had tickets booked for Colombo, Sri Lanka. Despite the conflict between the Tamil Tigers and the government, we felt like it was safe enough to visit the island nation. Although we felt guilty taking a vacation after having such an extended evacuat…

Chapter 9: Return to Lahore January 17, 2002 Bangkok, Thailand We were safe and sweating in Bangkok. The next leg of our return to Lahore was soon to come. To get to Bangkok, we flew Regina-Saskatoon-Toronto-San Francisco-Taipei-Bangkok-Lahore. In all, it was 28 hours in planes and 15 more hours in airports. The process of flying,…