On the sides of this street were luggage stores, bike and auto repair shops, snack stands, and stores that seemed to be packed with a mishmash of imported goods: brooms, hats, or LED shrines upon which to place your Buddha figure.

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On one typical tour, Islam leads the group through the chawkbazaar, a 400-year-old bewildering maze of street market stalls, packed with everything from electronic goods to sweets.

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He pulled back the doors on a van which was packed to the roof with donated second-hand goods.

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After Ayaz quit his job in February 2013, we packed our worldly goods into a storage unit, bought a car and set out to see more of the world.

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