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Lots of places in Pakistan and India you can do that on $1000 USD a month. If you don't do really well with hot weather you could pick a traditional hill statio

Lots of places in Pakistan and India you can do that on $1000 USD a month. If you don't do really well with hot weather you could pick a traditional hill station location (Murree, Darjeeling, Shimla, etc). They have lots of domestic tourism accommodation, I'm sure it wouldn't be impossible to negotiate month-to-month terms with some of the property owners there.

muhammadusman 5y ago
how's the internet in those areas?
- imstil3earning 5y ago
  I get better/more reliable internet on my phone in India than I do in my condo in Canada some days
  - lisperforlife 5y ago
    This. I moved to Canada from India and was appalled at the mobile internet infrastructure here. It is a ripoff.
sq1020 5y ago
Curious about Pakistan. Are you from there? Which cities besides Murree would you recommend?
- asadlionpk 5y ago
  I am from there. Hunza is a popular place to visit, the internet is not-so-great. Islamabad is awesome if you want balance between awesome internet and mountains. If you want the best food, go to Karachi.
  - IA21 5y ago
    > If you want the best food, go to Karachi. Come on man, don't mislead others like this. Everyone here knows you go to Lahore for good food :)
    - asadlionpk 5y ago
      Lahore makes best donkey biryani, sure.
randycupertino 5y ago
How would Pakistan be for a long-term visit for a woman traveler? I've zoomed around some of the mountainous areas on google maps and as I'm interested in the hiking/mountaineering areas and one thing I've noticed is that there are ZERO photos of female travelers on any of the google images from those areas. Basically anywhere outside of Karachi I am not seeing pictures of women. Between that and this recent thread on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pakistan/comments/pb5l2k/how_can_you_feel_safe_in_pakistan/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pakistan/comments/pb5l2k/how_can_yo... I had been ranking it lower on my travel wish-list.
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- walrus01 5y ago
  Frankly would not recommend it for solo travel unless the woman in question is a really tough individual with experience in even more difficult developing-nation environments.
MrRiddle 5y ago
Why would anyone in their right mind go to Pakistan? Straight up dangerous for women, most places are dangerous for men as well. Sure they have nice mountains, but you have those in much safer places as well. When someone recommends Pakistan I feel like they’re saying: “Sure, Hell is a bit hot but it has great view”.
- postsantum 5y ago
  Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir seem to be pretty safe
- asadlionpk 5y ago
  Stop watching CNN too much :) Pakistan is perfectly safe option and is a fast-growing economy with a significant IT industry.
  - MrRiddle 5y ago
    I have coworkers from Pakistan, only women who doesn’t wear a headscarf is very rich and lives in gated community. She told me she definitely can’t go outside that gated community or she would be assaulted. YouTube videos display mostly men in the streets. If I can’t go somewhere with my wife the way she is, guess what, I won’t be going there, nor western women should neither.
- d_burfoot 5y ago
  Pakistan's homicide rate is lower than the US. PK has 3.88 homicides per 100k/year, the US has 4.96. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...
  - Wavelets 5y ago
    Yeah, Pakistan is definitely safer than living in the US (/s). Something tells me the numbers in that table are self reported.
gremloni 5y ago
I’ve been to both Pakistan and India and would not recommend Pakistan. You can’t get things you want in Pakistan, it’s dangerous and to be honest besides the food there isn’t anything to do.
- Markoff 5y ago
  I'd not recommend even India - unbearable air pollution, unbearable outdoor temperatures for many months and daily blackouts to start with
  - gremloni 5y ago
    Not in Bangalore or any number of smaller towns and cities in India. The air pollution is low, I personally enjoy high temperatures though Bangalore is usually overcast. I don’t know the state of blackouts.

muhammadusman 5y ago

how's the internet in those areas?

imstil3earning 5y ago
I get better/more reliable internet on my phone in India than I do in my condo in Canada some days
- lisperforlife 5y ago
  This. I moved to Canada from India and was appalled at the mobile internet infrastructure here. It is a ripoff.

sq1020 5y ago

Curious about Pakistan. Are you from there? Which cities besides Murree would you recommend?

asadlionpk 5y ago
I am from there. Hunza is a popular place to visit, the internet is not-so-great. Islamabad is awesome if you want balance between awesome internet and mountains. If you want the best food, go to Karachi.
- IA21 5y ago
  > If you want the best food, go to Karachi. Come on man, don't mislead others like this. Everyone here knows you go to Lahore for good food :)
  - asadlionpk 5y ago
    Lahore makes best donkey biryani, sure.

randycupertino 5y ago

How would Pakistan be for a long-term visit for a woman traveler? I've zoomed around some of the mountainous areas on google maps and as I'm interested in the hiking/mountaineering areas and one thing I've noticed is that there are ZERO photos of female travelers on any of the google images from those areas. Basically anywhere outside of Karachi I am not seeing pictures of women. Between that and this recent thread on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pakistan/comments/pb5l2k/how_can_you_feel_safe_in_pakistan/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pakistan/comments/pb5l2k/how_can_yo... I had been ranking it lower on my travel wish-list.

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walrus01 5y ago
Frankly would not recommend it for solo travel unless the woman in question is a really tough individual with experience in even more difficult developing-nation environments.

MrRiddle 5y ago

Why would anyone in their right mind go to Pakistan? Straight up dangerous for women, most places are dangerous for men as well. Sure they have nice mountains, but you have those in much safer places as well. When someone recommends Pakistan I feel like they’re saying: “Sure, Hell is a bit hot but it has great view”.

postsantum 5y ago
Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir seem to be pretty safe
asadlionpk 5y ago
Stop watching CNN too much :) Pakistan is perfectly safe option and is a fast-growing economy with a significant IT industry.
- MrRiddle 5y ago
  I have coworkers from Pakistan, only women who doesn’t wear a headscarf is very rich and lives in gated community. She told me she definitely can’t go outside that gated community or she would be assaulted. YouTube videos display mostly men in the streets. If I can’t go somewhere with my wife the way she is, guess what, I won’t be going there, nor western women should neither.
d_burfoot 5y ago
Pakistan's homicide rate is lower than the US. PK has 3.88 homicides per 100k/year, the US has 4.96. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...
- Wavelets 5y ago
  Yeah, Pakistan is definitely safer than living in the US (/s). Something tells me the numbers in that table are self reported.

gremloni 5y ago

I’ve been to both Pakistan and India and would not recommend Pakistan. You can’t get things you want in Pakistan, it’s dangerous and to be honest besides the food there isn’t anything to do.

Markoff 5y ago
I'd not recommend even India - unbearable air pollution, unbearable outdoor temperatures for many months and daily blackouts to start with
- gremloni 5y ago
  Not in Bangalore or any number of smaller towns and cities in India. The air pollution is low, I personally enjoy high temperatures though Bangalore is usually overcast. I don’t know the state of blackouts.