This evening's walk was in Fatima Jinnah Park, the Park named after the Founding Father's sister, one of the few places in town named after a woman.
There were so many people of course, being a Sunday: people exercising, playing cricket, wedding photography (you can catch some in the background of one of the photographs), general posing, children running around. There were some men posing with cricket bats under a street lamp - that was pretty funny. Kavita and I took a selfie at the Mughal-type marble gazebo.
And, of course, later, we got an ice cream in the F-10 Bazaar and, then discovered Syrian Shawarma. Wow. I asked the guy at the counter why it was called Syrian shawarma and, the fellow said, they actually had a man from Syria. There was a huge line of people and orders were taking 20-30 minutes. I put in an order for 2 chicken shawarmas, intensely missing one of the staples in Monrovia, the Lebanese shawarma, and chatted to the Syrian man and tried to tell him about Mama Susu but he was very busy.
To wait, we passed time in Bata (or was it Servis).
Before I sign off, you know it is high time they rename the bazaars or Markazes of Islamabad. If G-9 is Karachi Company, F-6 is Super Market, and F-7 is Jinnah Super Market then..? See below:
1) F-10 : Quetta Tea Bazaar
2) F-8 : Kacheri Bazaar
3) F-11 : Quetta Burning or Burning Brownie Bazaar
Let me know if you agree.
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