After the very interesting walk through the bazaar we met up with our driver Ashfaq again. Stopping to take a photograph outside Lahore Junction railway station. Built shortly after the failed Indian Rebellion of 1857 against British rule, it was designed in the style of a medieval castle with thick walls, turrets, and holes to direct gun and cannon fire for defence.


We then drove towards the Wagah border via the Lahore Ring Road to see the famous ceremony between the Pakistani and Indian border guards.


About 2 kilometres from the border however the Police were turning away traffic as the stadium was now full. We had arrived earlier than usual at 2:30pm in anticipation that it would fill up fast with today being Pakistan Day but even though we were 2.5 hours early we were still too late. Mr. Ghulam tried to ask them if an exception could be made for a foreign tourist but they were adamant that no further people would be admitted.

The Wagah border ceremony had been on my travel bucket list and I was pretty gutted at not being able to see it.

The plan for tomorrow was to make the 4.5 hour drive to Islamabad, stopping on the way at the 16th century Rohtas Fort.

As I really wanted to see the border ceremony, we quickly agreed to change the plan for tomorrow to stay in Lahore for the day, attempt to visit Wagah again in the afternoon, and then driving in the evening to Islamabad.

It would mean missing out on visiting Rohtas Fort but it was a compromise I was willing to take.

After not being able to see the theatrics at Wagah we had some spare time in the afternoon so we drove to the Tomb of Jahangir in Shahdara Bagh in Northern Lahore.


The tomb was set amongst a vast and immaculately kept garden laid out in the Persian Chahar Bagh style.