Yes, Karachi is a city at the sea and no, we don’t get to go to the beach every day, but we still enjoy the coast once in a while. Today we went for a little road trip – first stop: “The Rocks”. For some reason, public buses had parked around the area of “The Rocks” – an area that has its name for obvious reasons and where you can jump into the sea from the rocks without fearing a blood poisoning from the dirty water.
This is what local public buses look like in Karachi: some of them are quite old and some of them are really old, but most of them most probably wouldn’t pass the German TÜV (technical inspection of a vehicle). However, they do look lovely, don’t they? This one is one of the more boring ones, and still it is more interesting and creative than the buses I travel on in Germany which are either plastered with advertisements or all in the same colour and design. But here, most of the buses are individually hand-painted – how amazing is that?! (at least I have been told, and I like thinking it is true, although I have never really seen a bus at that close range until today)
The thing about the rocks, though, is that apparently they are not that safe anymore; not at this time of the day (sunset) and not if you don’t come in a group with enough guys… which is why I took pictures only from inside the car and didn’t take the camera out when we quickly stepped out of the car and took a look around.
The scenery didn’t actually look as dodgy to me as it sounded, but I guess in these cases it is better to trust a local. So off we went again.
I asked Sufian to take a picture of the sunset and these men because he had a better view on it.
Considering he was driving the car at the same time, everything turned out pretty well! 
Next stop: Kolachi.
Kolachi is one of many restaurants lined up at this particular part of the coast in Defense and we have been told that they serve the best food here in the whole of Karachi.
And probably also the best view – it’s just lovely! On the picture above, you can see “the rocks” in the distance.
No matter where you sit – you’re most probably going to get a glimpse of the sea somehow while enjoying your delicious food. Unnecessary to mention that this restaurant is one of the fanicer ones (duh, it’s in Seaview, Defense).
What we actually didn’t expect here, was finding German writing on – whatever the picture above shows, really.
Obviously we had to take pictures as a proof of how common German is over here. The other day, for example, we saw that on the stitching on a bank guard’s uniform’s front pocket it said “Sicherheit” which means Security in German…
More than the fanciness of the restaurant, I even liked that just like everything about this place, the kitchen is completely outside and open – this way you see the busyness in the kitchen while you cross the big entrance area and can actually walk up to the men preparing the food or just watch them from the distance.
I am already looking forward to when we come back to actually dine at this place and try the amazing food. See you soon, Kolachi!
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