Peshawar has always been the gateway to the Khyber Pass and Deans Hotel was the place to stay. Residents have included Rudyard Kipling & Winston Churchill.
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| Gateway to the pass |
Peshawar used to be known as the Garden City and some few parts still remain despite over-development . The collection of Buddhas in the museum, some excavated from the Takht-i-Bahi monastery - a UNESCO world heritage site - are simply stunning. The old town was a must see and the Christian cemetery recorded service and death on the frontier.
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| Old Town |
Much has changed in the thirty years since I first travelled in northern Pakistan. Peshawar has been built up and tragically Deans is no more. It was torn down to make way for yet another development.
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| Deans Hotel |
So this really is a memorial to the many happy days I spent in the grounds of Deans (always booked into room 52 ) after travels up country, signing chits to prove I was a non-Muslim and entitled to drink the excellent murree beer.
