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| Frere Hall - The Icon of Karachi's Colonial Heritage |
Walk Route:
~4km
1. Frere Hall: Meeting point, parked our cars.
7:30am
2. Victoria Mansion: Breakfast at dhaba behind
Karachi Gymkhana - Anda, Paratha, and Chai. 8:15am
3. Governor House Gardens. 9:15am. Closed at 9:00am
so we couldn’t go inside! (Photos from the Previous Trip)
4. Baghe Jinnah: recently renovated with lush
gardens and kids friendly. 9:30am
5. Bara Dari, Government Commerce College, PIDC, Pearl
Continental, Moven Pick, Commissioner House, etc: Walked by and enjoyed the
curated roadside gardens. 10:15am
6. Quaide Azam House Museum: Free guided tour of the
exquisite classy interior. 10:30am
7. Frere Hall: Back to Frere Hall and visited the usual Sunday Book Fare. 12:00
pm
8. Jan’s Broast Saddar: Hadi treated us before
leaving back for Singapore
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| Walk Route: Frere Hall - Victoria Mansion - Governor House - Baghe Jinnah - Bara Dari - PIDC - Quaide Azam Residency |
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| Fawwara Chowk Near Zainab Market - Looked Different on a Calm Morning |
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| We Started from Karachi's Influential Abdullah Haroon Road |
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| Karachi's Colonial Heritage Near Metropol Junction |
Victoria
Mansion and Dhaba Breakfast
After ordering the breakfast, Hassan and I
tried to find out Victoria Mansion taking clues from the Google Maps. However, at the given location was a 1970s building, courtyard of which is
in very bad shape. Hassan, Hadi, and I finally concluded that Victoria Mansion
must be the same building we have already seen on the main Abdullah Haroon Road
while walking from the Frere Hall after crossing the Metropol Signal.
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| Is this the Victoria Mansion, plotted on Google Maps in that Vicinity? |
Governor
House Gardens: Opens 6am to 9am
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| Gulshan-e-Jinnah, or Bagh-e-Jinnah, Old Pologround, Re-Inaugurated Every Now and Then! |
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| Another 'Takhtee' of Inauguration by the then Governor Sindh Dr. Ishratul Ibad Serving His Publicity Only |
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| Karachi's Characteristic Tree, Lignum Vitae, or Neelgam as popularly called, lined up in Bagh-e-Jinnah, Shaheen Comples Top Left |
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| Lignum Vitae is Karachi's Indigenous Flower, called Neelgam also, Changes Color from Purple to White |
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| Flood Lights Inside Baghe Jinnah |
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| Baghe Jinnah is Recently Renovated So Better Visit That Before it is Back to its Default Condition |
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| Marble Bench in Baghe Jinnah |
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| Bara Daree Adjacent to Baghe Jinnah |
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| Government Commerce College Karachi - Defunct Hyatt Hotel Peeking from Left |
PIDC and Club Road
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| At PIDC Signal, Karcahi Minibus, Defunct Hyatt Regency, and an MBS Poster! |
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| Karachi's Pearl Continental |
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| Club Road Karachi, PIDC Building Visible |
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| An Old Member of Karachi's Real Elite Club |
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| Chief Secretary the Most Powerful Bureaucratic Position in the Province |
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| One of the Pioneer Members of the Real Elite Club |
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| Tale of the Old Wise Tree Surviving the Crazy Modern Age |
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| Dedicated to Those Who Know How to Use Katha and Choona :P |
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| The Defiant Wire in Front of Karachi Gymkhana |
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| Back to Metropole Junction |
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| The Other Side of Metropole Junction - Quiet Only on Due to Sunday Morning |
Qauide Azam
House Museum
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| Quaide Azam House Museum - Jinnah's Personal Abode in Karachi |
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| The Elaborate Entrance to Jinnah's Residence |
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| The Building is Well Preserved With Original Furniture - Photography Not Allowed As Such |
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| Jinnah is Not Only Father of Nation But a Fashion Inspiration Also At His Own Cost! |
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| Met Yasir in the Walk Who Insisted on a Selfie with the Flag Apt for Pakistan Resolution Day! |
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| Working and Sweating Hard to Feed Their Children |
