Welcome

Hello:

This blog served as a travel diary and a way to let friends and family know we were still alive and well while traveling in Pakistan. Photographer Jodi Hilton and I traveled to many of the country's major cities on a reporting trip.

While there, we interviewed and photographed beggars, refugees, politicians, attorneys, prostitutes and artists, focusing primarily on humanitarian issues. We found most of the Pakistanis we encountered to be extremely generous and kind, although we did have a few scary incidents. We narrowly missed three bombings during our last week in the country.

Feel free to read about our adventures or take a look at more photographs at jodihilton.com. Or, click here to listen to an interview about the trip on Maine Public Broadcasting Network, or here for an interview on WCSH6 in Portland.

This blog will continue to be updated as I write more articles.

Enjoy,

Joel Elliott