24 Hours In The World's Most Polluted City (Lahore, Pakistan)
I am in Lahore Pakistan and today is my first day exploring this fascinating city which is currently the world's most polluted city with a dangerously unhealthy air quality index today I will be spending the day in Lahore just like a local would challenging myself to see if I can handle the day-to-day activities under these tough air conditions first I will try to get a haircut and then the plan is to visit one of the oldest markets in South Asia located in the center of the city and since laor is known as the food capital of Pakistan I will be ending the day by trying some hopefully delicious local food spoiler one of these plants though doesn't quite go as expected and turns into a failure throughout the day I will also share how it feels to tour the city under such challenging air quality conditions let's explore La Pakistan feel free to join I just left my hotel which is over there and according to Google Maps there is a barber shop in I think it's this road right here so let me have a look and yeah in case we can't trust Google Maps here then I'm sure we're going to find some friendly locals who are willing to help finding a haircut place first of all oh there's traffic from both sides coming here hello salum let me uh safely cross the road using my hands here we go oh there's actually a haircut place right here oh on the street maybe I can get a haircut here hello Salam alikum hello can I get a hair haircut here I can get a haircut here haircut yeah how much is a haircut here h k now for ha 100 100 okay okay you first I right here oh no no you first I don't want to steal your I can ra hell oh that was actually easier than I thought according to Google Maps there's like a saloon down the road here but I think right here on the streets that's actually a better experience okay all right it's my turn now okay okay so let me show him uh an example picture uh you can do like this ah I'm excited this is going to be an interesting experience I'm sure I yeah I didn't have to wait long here now maybe like 10 15 minutes so I think he's actually doing a quite a quick job which is good sometimes I'm annoyed by sitting for like an hour in the haircut Saloon where they like wash your hair and go into every details but let's see how long it will takes to cut my hair here so we're starting with just shaving the sides the example picture that I showed had a pate on the sides I would be surprised if he would actually do a proper fate here but maybe let's see maybe I will be surprised what is your name Iman Iman okay nice to meet you I have to say I really like this operation here just a chair a table and a mirror and you have your own business here I really like the Simplicity of this operation in Germany this wouldn't be possible we have way too many rules and regulations in Germany you can't just put a table by the side of the road and open your own haircut place but here looks like you can and that is great I like that make starting your own business very easier for example imagine you just lost your job you can't find a new one but you know how to cut here then you can just set up a little operation by the side of the road here and boom you have a new way to earn money that's really cool yeah where I'm from in Germany definitely not possible I actually think that this uh corner here is quite Lively we have uh one guy selling juice this here I think then over there is a second one plenty of a traffic driving by so I actually could imagine that this is quite a good spot for his business here I really love how accurate he works he checks many times in the mirror looks like from this perspective if there's some hair left here and there really like that it's making really professional impression to me I'm sure he used to work in a proper haircut place before and maybe then just decided to start his own business here which I can totally understand it's always better to Be Your Own Boss very good so far and now he's continuing with the Scissor on the top of my head so we are completely done with all the sides now and yet the top of my head doesn't require much work just shortening it a bit [Music] actually to be honest for Street Barber a lot of attention to details here I'm surprised in a very positive R here now clean in the face can I also get a shape here shape everything keep now how much 100 or more okay then now also please hello everyone here seems to be very surprised to see a foreigner sitting here whenever I see people coming by they always look very surprised so he's getting out a new razor plade now so applying some water to the skin looks like he doesn't use a shaving cream of home here but let's see maybe he will take it out in a minute oh no he's just shaving without any cream or gel and so far it feels uh smooth there's a lot of customers here actually there are two people waiting by now and I was waiting also for it was my turn So within like one hour you will have at least four customers yeah I can see why he has a good location here I think right next to a busy road and I think so far at least he's doing a really good job okay and now some uh [Music] powder I think it just to make the the skin more more soft Maybe also smell nice oh what is he getting out there oh maybe a headrest oh I can put my head back now oh looks like he's getting out some new equipment what are we having here going R the water getting some new water ah there we have the pH shaving com yeah okay so he is of course using fo to shap my face but first the water what is this a shaving gel for all face type okay so I guess you will apply the water first that's what he just did now the jail and then the Pham three layers having a shap in Asian countries is also at the same time like a face massage and now we applying the foam here we go oh buts very smooth that's very good second round of home doing it all over again to make it even smoother but yeah very smooth experience so far I didn't feel anything and here we go round number two so many people know check it out I think everyone is surprised that there a corer here getting a haircut in the shape oh that burns a bit now it's the after Shake hello hello hello hello how are you I'm very good okay okay okay very good you right oh I like that the haircut looks good the shave feels very fresh and clean oh that was a good experience and yeah total price for haircut and shade 200 which I think is a very local price so I'm going to reward him with a little tip because you know I like it when I get a local price so let me leave a tip good that was a really good job yeah I'm really happy I am Happ yes thank you so much that was a great experience so yeah if you are in laor and you want to get a nice haircut and shave again what exra money extra money extra 300 300 300 more for me no no no for you for you it's okay for you yes thank you okay oh he even wanted to give me back the money but you guys know if I'm getting a fair local price then I have no problems with tipping the people and he did a good job I want to support his little business here so paying a bit extra why not but yeah if you are in laor as well and you want to get a nice little shapen haircut just by the side of the road and this is the Four Points by Sheran hotel right over there so just on the opposite side of the road that's where you can find him unlike Karachi laor actually has a Metro system and we have a metro station right here so I want to check it out and this is my first time using a metro in laor Pakistan let's see how it is and how easy it is to use as a hor now H okay yeah security levels are high in Pakistan and yeah should be only one station right to the market where I want to go to you from I'm from Germany Germany nice so do this here yeah yeah just visiting Pakistan so we have one side for men and one for female to order tickets where you want to go uh I think the station name is GP how much does one take no no it's okay I pay for you no no I can pay thank you very much I really appreciate that thank you so much I think the price of the fair is 25 rupe right and I got a coin now just hold it here single Journey ticket okay and just like that we're inside the metro station do you know which side I have to draw this one okay oh thank you very much your help I really appreciate that you're going in the same direction uh yeah but we go far you go more far I heard that the Metro here is quite new in laor right yeah it's been 3 years 3 years old yeah Chinese Chinese build yeah I think the Chinese are investing a lot in Pakistan right so yeah many of the projects here are actually funded by the Chinese I mean it looks uh very new here modern clean looks like a very nice station here I have to say and we have a screens here announcing the next train even in English that's great this train 2 minutes to Ali Town station and yeah it switches from the local language to English every few seconds okay I would guess that they have cards here specifically for women so probably in the front that's only for the women and then the other cards here are mixed is some part of the train only for women yeah yeah right I remember in India for example it was I think always at the beginning of the train that was only for the females seems like many people using it and yeah we have the the maps here so you can see where you are at the moment we are here lak shimi and I want to go to GPO so it's only one station not that far and then actually there's a station called anakali that's actually the name of the market where I want to go but I think I can get off here and then walk around the area and now we can see a little bit of laor from above because the train is actually it's not like an underground Metro it's actually like a Sky Train so some are underground and some above ah yeah so we just uh went underground so seems like some parts of the Metro is above the ground and some is under the ground so I think that my station will be underground I think we are already stopping oh yeah here we have the station already no that's another one is ill station it's a GPU you want to go in AR I'm not going out here no that's another one I have a ticket to go here is the same where you want to go but now you want to go n yeah yeah another station is yours that's a GPO okay Nar I thought I need to go out the GP to go to the market go firstar then you go the mark okay then I'm actually not going out here I'm actually going out here so one more okay thank you very much okay nice to meet you too thank you very much I appreciate that have a good day all right that was like in total I think a 5 minute ride only and yeah once again I'm a bit overwhelmed by the hospitality of the people here I had the same experiences already in Karachi people are just so welcoming and friendly but yeah let's see if I can find my way out of the station here but yeah I can actually imagine that this is quite a convenient way to get around the city I think it's also cheaper than taking a rick shot for example cuz yeah the ride was literally only 25 rupe now that to me sounds very affordable so I think I need my coin again oh gosh where's my coin ah here it is so this is just entrance and here I can exit the station so probably just like this and here we go and that's how you use the metro in laor pistan very nice to use very easy and convenient even as a foreigner and here we are outside um so I have to figure out where this Market is now yeah I was a bit confused that I had to take two stations now because I had a look on Google Maps earlier and I thought I need to go to GOP station which is this one right here oh hello hello hell hello where is anakali Bazar this side straight just straight here I don't the bike now nice no thank you I just want to walk thank you all right let's find anakali Bazar one of the oldest bazaars in all of South Asia to be honest my very first impressions here the city actually looks quite nice maybe you saw my previous video when I arrived here where I only got like very little First Impressions because I haven't really been out just arrived at my hotel basic but I have to say the area here actually looks nicer than the area around my hotel and also to compare it a bit to Karachi where I have been previously I mean I don't want to judge a whole city based off one street corner but so far I think it looks a bit cleaner than Karachi but let's not judge too early let's wait until the end of the day hello oh we have people selling streets food here H looks like a french fries oh okay maybe later thank you yeah maybe you remember from my previous video I had a stomach infection and actually that is still not gone uh this video is now filmed a few days later after my arrival video here in laor so I'm still struggling actually quite a lot with my stomach so I'm actually not really Keen to eat anything at the moment but maybe later I'm actually curious to try local food later okay I am a bit confused now so I am here now and according to Google Maps the anakali Bazar is here right next to GP station so why am I here so maybe I am in the wrong place but the guys literally just said I have to walk down the street here oh and we have a donkey here I saw so many donkeys is already in Karachi seems like it's a very popular animal here hello where are you from hello I'm from Germany Germany you speak English I speak English yeah yeah nice to see you here nice to see you thank you very much do you know where's anakali Bazar sorry I'm looking for the Bazar yeah Bazar anakali Bazar just go how far yeah how far how many minutes it's been 2 or 3 minutes very yeah you you see the main gate very it's a very old area right yeah yeah I heard about that you ni okay I have a lot thank you so much yeah the people here are always so friendly whenever you are stuck somewhere in Pakistan just ask the locals they are always very willing to help you that's my impression here at least so far everyone is very welcoming in ing me for Metro ride for tea for food that's the Pakistani Hospitality here which is amazing and yeah first update about the air quality the pollution situation I do feel it a little bit but only a little bit for example if I'm doing like this yeah you see it then you feel it a little bit but so far it's not at the point where I would say it's annoying like usually when you're in a very uh polluted city the air quality is very bad it makes you Tire it pretty fast it makes you exhausted pretty fast and I don't feel that yet so so far it's still okay walking around here and breathing the air but yeah if I really do like that then I'm feeling it a little bit but another update later on that I mean wow look at this street here this looks like a street with history with a nice character oh I would imagine that that this street is probably hundreds of years old very interesting they're selling some food here I think this is fish hellum I think they're selling fish here and then maybe some uh samosas hello is this fish yes ah it smells like fish here yeah yes yes oh some fried fish actually I I read that Lori fried fish is actually very famous in Pakistan do you know how old this street is sorry how old is this street it looks very old that's very cool old arali this is anakali right yeah and how many years old uh I don't know you don't know oh but it's hundreds of years old I guess right yeah yeah yeah right it looks very interesting can I walk through here yeah yeah there's the market on the other side is the Bazar yeah B go so I I can just walk straight here yeah yes okay true clear thank you if anyone of you knows specifically how old the anakali area is please let me know in the comments hello no thank you I just had already drink I just drink already tea thank you Shuka thank you to be honest I feel very bad to decline all the offers but um yeah my stomach infection was horrible for a few days I'm very very careful now what I put into my mouth um so I have to decline many offers of people inviting me for food and tea and I actually feel very bad about that because the people are so kind H let's see let's just walk here and see what will happen looks like a very unique Road here with character and we have little shops on the right on the left hello hello hello yeah you're getting you're surely getting a lot of attention here as a for now I can imagine it's even higher because I'm talking to a camera but I like the few times I walked around here in Karachi also without my camera uh it was basically the same people are just very friendly and wellcoming like to talk to me things like that I'm looking for the Bazar just straight yeah okay thank you hello hello again have a picture a picture oh you would like to have a picture I'm not sure what's going on okay nice to meet you I want to go to the Bazar anali baz go straight just straight okay thank you thank you thank you thank Youk people selling some vegetables here you you sell it here oh yeah okay so like a little market here just in this little side alley they can buy some I think they have garlic here they have cabbage sweet potatoes maybe Tomatoes okay have a good day thank you for me personally it's just interesting to witness the local life going on here this is just a everyday normal life for everyone around me and I'm being here the tourist who's very interested to see these areas to be honest I cannot imagine if like an an Asian tourist would walk around my hometown and he would find everything so fascinating and interesting I think I couldn't imagine that but uh that's how it is for me here and I think I actually found the main Market Road now here we are oh yeah looks like a market area it's getting busier usually aign for busy Market areas hello oh yeah here we are I think okay let me give you like a 360° around this is what I can see at the moment interesting so I can't read what's written on the sign maybe something like welcome to anakali if you can read that please feel free to translate in the comments what is written on the sign there I have the feeling it looks a bit like a secondhand Market here I think we have a book here second hand books Let's see what books they are selling here hello oh we have uh I think English books here we can buy an English book here oh yeah just like a vocabulary book with English and uru and then maybe some story books some romance newspapers to be honest I can't remember the last time I actually read a book I listen to books a lot actually audio books but the last time I actually read a book long time ago I think maybe during my student times oh I think I can buy wallets here hello Salam alikum I'm interested in a wallet you have different types of wallets here this is uh boss are these all your wallets let's see so he selling socks here some shirts I think and these wallets how much are the wallets here uh K 350 350 all of them 100 ah 100 oh this is only 100 here oh yeah it's a bit smaller is this big enough for Pakistan rupe Chinese from China from China ah oh this is made in China uh with boss of course on the side uh but I'm wondering like uh is it big enough for Pakistan rupee Pakistan is p 300 for 50 yeah I think the the rupes would fit inside here sometimes you're buying wallets around the world and not every currency is fitting into this wallet for example the US dollar is a very large Bill sometimes it doesn't fit in all of the wallets that you can buy around the world um let's see which one I like here genuine genuine leather hello how are you I'm very good fine how are you very fine very fine fine how do you say how are you in U you say good very good but how how you say that means fine I am fine that means t uh you fine yeah uh I am fine you fine I'm fine I'm fine all trying to learn a few words here and there oh we even have a one with the Eiffel Tower here Italy classic bird world's favorite made in Pakistan oh this one is in Pakistan or also China Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan okay we have one made in Pakistan here how much is this 400 400 so made in Pakistan is a bit more expensive than made in China oh we also have a Georgio Armani here actually that would fit to my uh watch which is Amani exchange uh okay which one would you choose I like this one I like this one 400 what's the best price 400 no bargaining 350 350 okay so you can bargain here I'm going to pay the full price anyway I was just curious if you actually can bar in here okay I take this one okay so yeah pay I'm paying the full price 500 just give me 100 it's okay I paid 400 oh no it's okay it's okaya thank you very much and just like that I bought a wallet made in Pakistan hello hello oh you again you're selling french fries here french fries and vegetable chicken samosa and potato Samosa and chicken nuggets chicken nugget french fries Samosa everything fried here Pak vegetable Paka pakoda Pak oh I tried that in Nepal oh interesting they also have here okay good luck selling it thank you very much yeah Street Food Heaven here literally if if your stomach allows you to uh eat your way around here then that's something you can really do so many food here hello hello hello so this Market seems to be a mix of lots of food restaurant street food and Street Markets you have watches here as well hello you're selling watches here oh any interesting looking watches here hello you want to buy a watch I'm buying watching but so expensive so expensive how much are the watches here these are local branded separate ah local and separate is the Branded ones do you like to watch yeah let's see you so Rolex for example can I have a look yeah yes yes yes yeah let's have a look so he's selling Rolexes here which obviously are not original Rolexes feels very light but the design actually looks quite good but yeah you can immediately feel it I mean obviously this is a Street Market in Pakistan we're not expecting to get original Rolex here but I'm just curious to uh actually check out the quality of the watches here so how much are these for example yeah 4,000 2,000 4,000 4,000 and this one the same 2,000 2,000 yeah 3,000 3,000 so 2,000 rupee gets you a Rolex copy here oh seems to be a popular you want to buy a watch I don't want to buy it is so much expensive it's very expensive yeah what would you pay for a watch like this what is a a fair price what is a good price according to me um I I will just spay 500 or th000 500 or th000 where you from I'm from Germany nice to meet you what's your name Ken you have a YouTube channel yeah yeah yeah I F videos for YouTube I must follow your it's a Ken abroad let's see if we can bargain maybe for this one you want to buy this but 2,000 too much what is a good price for this he said 2,000 2,000 but can you offer a discount said I will less 2 200 1,800 yeah do you think it's a good price uh you want to buy it I mean I would be interested yeah but I don't want to spend a price that is too much because you said these are very expensive here I know very well the other guy also said it he said uh 1,500 only 1,500 yes okay can I try it yes yes man looking good looks actually good yeah and of course I need to adjust the size a bit but that's always something you can do later you can change can he adjust the size size yes he can do he can adjust this oh yeah he has a little operation there to uh fix the size yeah doing ah getting out the little uh iron stick not sure how to call it in English what how do you call it in English that a pin what he's getting out there a pin yeah yeah yeah English is not my first language yeah sometimes uh I don't know all the world of course so what do you think 1,500 is that okay yes that's okay oh yeah that's a that's a good fit now $56 yeah $56 right yes so obviously you shouldn't expect too much from a $5 fake VX watch but uh the look is actually very nice how long do you think does this watch last I can't squat for too long I'm not Asian enough 2E warranty 2ye warranty yes so if it's breaks in one year I can come back yes you can change yeah can change okay I will come back if it uh breaks that's my reason to come back to Pakistan then okay I buy it let's uh give him a sale here 1,500 no no no no no no I don't let you no no no no no that's too much my you I'm from Germany oh Germany Germany yeah I'm from England England nice here nice to see you oh what are you doing here I just come to see family here oh your family here okay 1,500 okay sha thank you very much okay nice to meet you thank you thank you nice to meet you too okay have a good day bye-bye you know what I'm going to do earlier today I got invited uh to the Metro ride and whenever someone here in Pakistan invites me even if it's just a 25 rupee Metro right I want to pay it forward so I will give this watch array to someone today oh look how busy it is here now wow so yeah you can be sure that uh the watch will not stay in my pocket I will give it away pay it forward the hospitality that I experienced earlier today with the kind gentlemen inviting me to the Metro ride Ken come here Ken my name is Ken Ken what's your name Ken Ken Ken yeah where are you from I'm from Germany Germany Germany yeah yeah you have some shoes here from Germany Germany Italia Australia you have Adidas Adidas Nikas is from Germany German brand German brand yeah but I only see Nike here Nike that's brand that's uh America America America this is brand oh but we have a puma here that's also German Puma fun fact Puma and Adidas is founded by two brothers and they got into a fight with each other so they founded Adidas together and then they got into a fight they split and then the second brother founded Puma and until today both of the headquarters are right next to each other in the same town okay good luck selling okay byebye yeah that's actually a funny story about Kuma and Adidas the founders are brothers there a restaurant here that has thousands of thousands of reviews and apparently this is one of the best places to eat Pata so yeah I definitely want to try some food here although yeah I'm still struggling a bit with my stomach so I don't want to try too much but I think a parata that's uh something my stomach might be able to handle now I actually never tried it before for so let's have a look give it a try hello Salam Alum you want to D or take I can take away yeah all right let's have a look at the menu here and see what they have which one can you recommend which I would like to eat Pata these are patas these are all patas mushroom pepperoni oh okay oh everything sounds so good okay so actually the options here sound really really good especially I haven't had any proper food for almost a week now so I'm actually starving and then reading this beef cheese steak CH chicken cheese pizza it just uh sounds very delicious to me I think I'm going to take the Alo Pata potato Pata I would like to have the Alo Pata Alo Pata simple with potato right yes potato so the total price is 296 have a good day bye-bye yeah what I'm going to do now is uh I'm going to get her right back to my hotel it's just a around the corner here actually and then I will eat it in my room yeah here here's okay it's okay okay do you want this you want okay okay goax okay okay sh thank you all right back at my hotel let's go to the room and try this oh really good smelling food okay first of all I have to say that I do really feel it in my throat now that the air quality here is not the best in laa um yeah I feel it back here in my throat and also I have the feeling that my face is very dry especially my lips so yeah you do feel it here and that was just one day exploring around so I'm not sure if I would feel comfortable to explore four five six days around the city here and I actually feel bad for the people living here who experience this air quality every single day but of course the air quality changes literally every day so it's possible that any a few days the air quality here will be already much better but I had a look on the air quality index for a few days in a row now and literally every single day laor was ranked at number one in the whole world the worst air quality in the world currently so it seems like that's a problem here that doesn't happen only like once or twice every once in a while and by the way by the time I am editing this video the air quality in laor got even worse way worse the air quality index is currently at almost 500 which is more than double what I experienced and it's even so bad that many places in Lao have to close and they have a little bit of a lockdown situation because it is so unhealthy to go outside with this air quality and yeah I also have to say it was pretty difficult to get this into the hotel the security guards down there told me that outside food is not allowed in the hotel and I have to say after staying in hundreds of hotels around the world in the past years this is the first time that a hotel actually told me that I can't bring outside food inside the hotel but as you see I still have it here because in the end the SEC beuty guy was very friendly and he said okay I make an excuse just take it and enjoy the food so here we have the parata now actually the smell so far is like a pizza if I would be blindfolded and smelling this I would think I'm having a pizza in front of me and it looks like this a the smell is amazing so what are we having here so this is the flat bread here which is a yeah filled with potato and I think there's chili inside oh oh I should have asked about that I'm definitely not comfortable to eat chili now with my sick stomach so let me uh take a bite oh it smells delicious it looks delicious let's see I hope it's not chilly let me try one bite oh oh it is very spicy oh oh that is unfortunate oh it is very spicy oh I can't eat it unfortunately oh that is sad The Taste is great actually and yeah if you don't know my channel I'm very very weak with eating spicy food my stomach just can't handle it even in normal conditions and now I'm having a sick stomach so I definitely unfortunately can't eat spicy food so this parata is uh enough for me unfortunately well but okay the one bite that I had was uh still delicious nevertheless and also unfortunately this is already my last video from Pakistan I had a few more interesting places planned to visit but yeah I spent in total now a week sick here a few days in Karachi and then also after my arrival here in laua um I spent the past two days just here in the hotel room because my stomach just didn't feel good still not feeling super well today was the first day where I felt okay enough to go out explore but it's not really fun when the stor IC feels bad every day so I have to catch my Pakistan trip short unfortunately I'm going to miss out a few places for example Islam abat that I had planned in the next days but I'm staying positive and I see that as a reason to come back to Pakistan again next year because I had a great time here especially the friendliness of the people here the hospitality is absolutely outstanding and I'm sure Pakistan has more interesting places to offer that I haven't seen yet so I'm pretty sure that I will be back in Pakistan sooner or later and then hopefully with an okay stomach I hope you enjoyed my Pakistan series and if you haven't seen my previous video where I flew from Karachi to laor getting some very first impressions here then feel free to check out the video right here stay healthy stay positive and then see you on the next episode from another country ciao guys
2024-11-26 06:05
