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Select the destination for your trip - Plnnr.com. The VICE Guide to Karachi - Part 1. One of Pakistan’s famous decorative buses gets hit by one of Karachi’s infamous outbursts of violence.

The VICE Guide to Karachi - Part 1

Photo by Zia Mazhar/Associated Press. Interviewing a “target killer” in Karachi was probably the scariest thing I’ve done in my 17 years at VICE. His gun sat between my feet in the backseat of our car as we drove in circles around his neighborhood. After our chat about killing people for a living, I felt like vomiting for three hours. I’ve been around my share of guns and violence, but sitting next to someone who has murdered 35 people (for between $550 and $1,100 per head) made me feel not so good. So who hires these people? On the outskirts of Karachi, children search for scraps in one of the largest garbage dumps in the world, which is next door to what is rumored to be one of the mafia’s favorite hiding spots for its kidnap victims, Surjani Town.

I have visited Pakistan many times and know my way around the rest of the country, but this was my first time working in Karachi. Hammock tent. The Hammock Tent keeps you off the ground, dry, and apparently comfortable.

Hammock tent

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Backpacks Infographic: How to Find the Right Backpack - REI - StumbleUpon

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</p> ALL THE WRONG PLACES: Sweden Micronations Road Trip. ALL THE WRONG PLACES: Sweden Micronations Road Trip February 07, 2012 Sweden has it all perfectly sorted. Spotless trains, balanced budgets, smooth roads and leggy blondes. So for most Swedes it's hard to move beyond this idyllic Scando life. However some dare to rebel against this conformity by establishing their own micronations within Sweden. First MINI stop was the Kingdom of Ladonia. When government authorities tried to destroy the sculpture, Vilks sold the massive wooden lattice to Joseph Beuys, the German artist who later bequeathed it to world-famous installation artist Christo.