Hello Friends. I'm here in Pakistan
This is my very First Day.
I am here in Islamabad and I am off to the Jinnah Supermarket.
Not, Supermarket. Super Market.
And, I need to buy some Pakistani clothes.
There, basically, Because where ever I go I like to...
Blend in.
I will make a whole video on that like why I blend in, how I blend in.
But it's especially important right now because...
In Islamabad sister city
In Rawalpindi, today, there have been protests against the French government
So that's why it's so important to blend In.
And there's an extra 3000 security here, in Islamabad.
Islamabad is sealed. They're stopping the protest from moving into Islamabad.
And, the networks are down.
Hence, I am Walking. They have literally closed all the networks.
So, There, is no 4G data or anything.
For tourists, it's a pain in the butt.
Now, Islamabad is like South Delhi. Except it's clean. There are no animals on the street and it's well planned.
It's well planned like Chandigarh. Except Islamabad has that luxury and affluence
that New Delhi has.
So, it's kind of a mixture between South Delhi and New Delhi and Chandigarh. And it's a really, really, beautiful city. Really, beautiful.
It blew me away, actually, the first time I came here.
Been here, once before and I was just blown away by it's beauty.
Now, Rawalpindi, Islamabad's twin city on the other hand is like comparing New Delhi to Old Delhi.
Rawalpindi is the old part of Islamabad The old city is old Delhi basically.
And that's where the Protests are happening seven kilometers away from here.
Very, very different to the capital Islamabad and Islamabad is Pakistan's most expensive city. Obviously,
just the mansion's here, everywhere. It is just incredible.
So this is Jinnah Super Market we're here. It's obviously named after the founder of Pakistan.
It reminds me straight away of Khan Market. It goes all this way.
Then, it goes all this way and there are multiple rows of shopping here.
It also reminds me of GK. The layout of GK in Delhi.
You know, this middle part for kind of and eating in these shops on each side.
And yeah it's an outdoor market. It's cool.
I'm digging it and like everywhere in Pakistan, whether it's a mall, whether it's an airport,
Whether it's anything big there is always a Mosque here as well.
I feel like a Chai now and this is all the teas. I'm at Quetta Singapore Cafe.
And what I like about this chef it is I can even see him tasting the Tea to make sure the flavour is right. So, you know it's gonna be good.
So, the tea is amazing. Oh, my God . Just look at this.
Just check out the color of that this is fantastic tea and you can see it's creamy it's super creamy.
It's super creamy. Amazing masala.
Tad too much sugar for my liking but it's a perfect tea as far as anyone is concerned. Wah.
The guy knows what he is doing.
Real tea maker. One thing I noticed here
The shoe polishers are really polite unlike in India. You know, they come up, and they ask you politely if they
can take your shoes away to be polished.
So, now I am back and It's going good. It's going really good.
There is not much here because you know tourism is less in Pakistan. So, the scams are not happening.
So I'm just here for travel and food.
So, these are my friends. Huh, uh. He doesn't want to be in it.
These are my friends that I am talking too and they say that they, actually won't take the money. They say I am mehman. That I am their guest.
I really hate that because I wish that I can get the money and that pay for things. But.
So. Yeah, very, very sweet people here.
Ok, so as you can see people here are extremely sweet and I purposefully didn't turn the camera on just to
I mean around to us just to you know capture the real moment through this microphone here.
Of locals coming up to me and greeting me and you know not letting me pay.
Oh Man. I can't believe that amazing hospitality
Amazing hospitality here.
I need to find some clothes now though.
Where are we going to find the nice Pakistani kurta (traditional wear)?
Alright, I met some guys there back there and they told me what I want is a salwar kameez, not a kurta.
So, that's what we're going to go find. We are going to find the salwar and they told me where to go.
See, it's over on this corner there.
And I say dhanyavaad (Thank you in Hindi) and they are like "Uh!"
"This is Pakistan. Shukriya." Oh yeah. And I am so used to saying Dhanyabad.
In India.
But, they laughed.
So, this is a salwar kameez and you will notice it's different to what we wear in India.
You have got the rounded edges here at the bottom.
You have got, I don't know, buttons up here and you have got the collar as well.
Yeah. This is a very Pakistani look. Shopkeeper: Yeah, yeah, it's a typical Pakistani look. Pakistani style
Perfect! That's what I want I will take it.
So, I have got this green and I don't know about... I want a lighter blue than this. So,
I think that I will just take this green for now. It's a very Pakistani colour too. It's the colour of the flag basically.
There is a lot of tailors here too. So, you can order a salwar kameez or a kurta to be made here.
And the tailor's will make it here and it will be cheaper than buying a ready-made as well.
They will probably fit you better too. But the fitting is very easy because they are always pretty loose.
Branded clothes here you have got Under Armour, Adidas
and Nike.
They are counter fit but, only.
I mean, looks pretty good.
Oh, my God, that's so funny, literally the Nike store is right there.
And the next store to Nike is selling counterfeit gear. Best of both worlds.
I am recording this on my phone because it's creepy if I pull up my DSLR in here. But,
guys I just want to say the public toilets
are, like seriously, squeaky clean. Those are my footsteps that you're seeing the mud of.
Like this is the public toilet here.
I thought I just better show it because you won't believe me if I say how clean they are.
You'll find these little lanes as well so.
So, the tea maker here. They're making all sorts of food here.
You've got beans, pulses, potato, and mince.
And then, you have got...
He's doing the ironing of all the garments.
These guys are doing the dying. They're dying making dying fabrics.
(Islamic Greeting)
Good.
And then at the end of the lane you have everybody just sitting and eating their bread, pulses, rice, and tea.
Is everything well.
Hi, how are you?
These guys are so sweet they are offering me like some food here.
They've kind of got a bunch of kind of street foods around here. A ton of people cooking these kinds of spicy masala fries.
These guys are doing some chaat (food containing a mix of fruits and spices).
There are hamburgers. There are kababs.
There is naan (bread). There is barbecue.
This man is making kebabs on like coals right there.
It tastes so good when you cook with coals.
Thanks thanks.
I gotta stop saying dhanyavad right I gotta say shukriya.
So these guys are helping me with my my Urdu.
They told me don't say "bhasha" say "zubaan." That means "language" in Urdu.
So, Yeah! Learning slowly.
You have to learn very quickly because you have complete focus on this.
Language is the fastest way to make friends, man, like so true really really connects you if you can speak just a little bit of a local language.
Just it makes my day, actually, being able to speak with the locals like...
That's my goal all along living in India to be able to assimilate and to adapt and to,
you know, become a local and language is the only way you can do that so...
Yeah, love learning languages.
Love learning Hindi and Urdu.
The sun starts sitting here in Pakistan really really early like 3 o'clock and the sun starts setting.
And this market has been amazing.
I've had such a great day here and people have been so friendly to me and
if you just come out here speak a few words and just have a friendly persona about you, greet everybody, people will really really look after you here.
I had worried that this market might be a bit too fancy and
what's the word... pretentious.
Just like Khan Market is in in Delhi, but nope I was wrong.
It was a great place to come shop and to hang out and to
actually meet some locals.
And I think this market actually gets busier at night time.
But because of the ongoing issues in Rawalpindi
I won't be coming here at night so I came during the day.
I will stay put tonight.
I said Money is no problem. You are my guest.