DAY 71

So it had been a very busy & hectic day & almost after 30 hours we took our first official nap. I really don’t know when I felt asleep or even did I sleep at all because I was awake when my friend slept & even I was awake when my friend ended his nap. So I’m really not sure did I sleep or not.

The next morning was even more hot in weather than the previous day. I think now even Lahore did not want any more people on the land. We had our breakfast. Can’t say early as it was 10 in the morning. My dear friend ordered 3 parathas with eggs & I think I only ended up eating half of it as I was on phone with my family. So he took the advantage & I took the half only. No he is still a really nice guy. After our breakfast, we started our journey inside Lahore after checking out of the hotel by first visiting the Darbar which was only 10-15 steps away from the hotel. Ok for my friend it was 20-25 as I am the with long legs. Entering the Darbar, I read the note very clearly that not to pay more than 2 Rs/- for a pair of shoes. Wow I have to get my shoes back by paying. These are mine. Why to pay to get them back? I had paid when I bought them?

It was really a nice & religious environment inside the Darbar but just near the wall of it a shopkeeper was playing Indian songs on a deck at as loud as he can. There goes the religious part. We went there & prayed for the dead ones & then prayed for that friend that ignored me while leaving PizzaHut. Prayed for my family & everyone that surrounds me. The only thing I hate is that people actually praying & doing “sajdas” to the dead ones. So ignoring those stupid people, we walked around & then left. Came back to take our shoes & he asked for 20 Rs/-. I pointed towards the board & ask then what the hell is that 2 Rs/-. He said it’s only for Thursday like I have just come from America. I asked him show me the Thursday word written there & he was quiet & said ok give what ever you feel. I still gave him 10 Rs/ as I know they are poor people but did include a line saying that you should not lie just to make them ashamed but I am so damn sure that they must have ignored it.

After coming out of the Darbar we went back to the hotel as we left our bag there & told them that we will be collecting after visiting Darbar. Then we planned to walk towards Yaadgar (Menar-E-Pakistan). Reaching at Yaadgar, we took some pictures & went as near as we can to the Menar but unfortunately we were not able to go all the way up as they had closed the doors & I really don’t know why. All this time I kept on singing Aamir Saleem’s song “LAHORE”. (http://www.esnips.com/doc/253d9f7c-4c4f-42cf-b673-ce69e4c6ca9c/lahore)