Tag Archives: Pakistan

Mary Smith: Pregnant in Pakistan

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from MarySmith’sPlace: I’ll have to do this story over a couple of instalments. Despite my delight at returning to Quetta, it didn’t long for me to miss being in Afghanistan. By Beluchistan – Baluchistan, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54411683 I … Continue reading →

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Travels in Afghanistan (2) ~ Mary Smith

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Mary Smith’s Place: Cocooned in my black nylon, slithery, stifling burqa I retreated into a review – it was certainly not planning – of what had brought me here. Adult life had begun in a dull, but safe … Continue reading →

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Sibi Mela, Pakistan ~ Mary Smith

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Mary Smith’s Place: Here in Scotland we are in the middle of the agricultural show season. The Royal Highland Show, the flagship event of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, starts things off in June when … Continue reading →

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Turtle watching – Mary Smith

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Mary Smith’s Place: “Come quietly,” hissed the man with the flashlight. It was one o’clock on a moonless night and as we stumbled after him in the dark our feet sank in soft sand. The sight of the … Continue reading →

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Messing about on boats – Pakistan style – Mary Smith

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Mary Smith: Messing about on boats has never been my thing and when I went to work in a leprosy hospital in Pakistan sailing was not something in which I expected to participate. Karachi-ites, however, are proud of … Continue reading →

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Replay – Drunk chickens, by guest author, Mary Smith

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Sue Vincent

I was very glad to hand over the blog to writer Mary Smith. Mary had just released a new book, “Dumfries Through Time” in collaboration with landscape photographer, Allan Devlin.  However, it was the title of her book, “Drunk chickens … Continue reading →

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