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14 novembre 2009

12 and 13th November: Esfahan

12 and 13th November: Esfahan
Thursday and friday are the week-end days in Iran. Therefore, walking in the streets of Esfahan and visiting the famous sights was great because people of the city were out as well ! We went through the Imam Square, its mosques and palaces, visited the...
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18 novembre 2009

17th & 18th November: Marhaba from Istanbul

17th & 18th November: Marhaba from Istanbul
While Vincent and Julien drive Shahzadi through Iran towards Turkey, We (Salman and Haroon) arrived in Istanbul yesterday (i.e. 17.11.2009) due to administrative reasons. The streets of Istanbul smell of history which goes back a few thousand years. A...
8 décembre 2009

Article in the Pakistani Media

Article in the Pakistani Media
8000 km is a long way and Foxy Shahzadi felt a little under the weather after completing the Art on Wheels tour from Islamabad to Paris. With the help of Mr Shihab and after unsuccessful attempts to have Shahzadi fixed in a Volkswagen workshop in Paris,...
25 février 2010

Art on Wheels Tour Gives Back

Art on Wheels Tour Gives Back
Towards the end of our journey, just before Haroon and Salman returned to Pakistan on December 04, 2009; the team worked out the tour’s finances and managed to save over 3000 Euros. On their (Salman and Haroon’s) return to Pakistan, this amount was split...
2 novembre 2009

The Send off

The Send off
Family, friends, sponsors, foxy fans and the Ambassador of France HE M. Daniel Jouanneau sent us off from a dhabba located in a park in sector E7 Gomal Road, Islamabad, for Karachi. The artist behind the work on Foxy Shahzadi, Ustad Habib Ur Rehman did...
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11 décembre 2009

Foxy Shahzadi at Fontaine school near Paris

Foxy Shahzadi at Fontaine school near Paris
With the same enthusiasm as Behbud School at Saidpur village near Islamabad in Pakistan, children from the Fontaine School in Asnieres sur Seine near Paris met Foxy Shahzadi on December 11, 2009. The children (between 3 to 9) appreciated the car and were...
25 novembre 2009

November 24, 2009: Shahzadi in Athina

November 24, 2009: Shahzadi in Athina
Today we drove from Thessaloniki (our first stop in Greece) to Athina. We started out early in the morning after breakfast with the hope that we will reach Athina by 2:00 PM in the afternoon. But, as all road trips go - we finally reached Athina around...
8 novembre 2009

8th November: arrival in Tehran

8th November: arrival in Tehran
After a week in Karachi where we were arranging the shipment of Foxy Shahzadi from Pakistan to Bandar-e-Abbas in Iran, the art on wheels tour is on the road again. Julien and Vincent are now in Tehran where they are working on Shahzadi's clearance from...
23 novembre 2009

21st November: the art on wheels tour team all together !

21st November: the art on wheels tour team all together !
After the bad experience in the night, we decide to purchaise chains for the wheels: none of them can be fixed, the tyres are too big and the space separating them from the body of the car is too narrow. However, the weather is better, so we attempt again...
30 novembre 2009

The Art on Wheels Tour arrives in Paris

The Art on Wheels Tour arrives in Paris
I see trees of green, red roses tooI see them bloom for me and youand I think to myself - what a wonderful world I see skies of blue, clouds of whiteBright blessed days, dark sacred nightsand I think to myself - what a wonderful world The colors of a...
25 novembre 2009

Greeks love Foxy Shahzadi

Greeks love Foxy Shahzadi
Again the response from the people on the streets in Greece was very enthusiastic: They have been taking photographs and asking questions about the car, where it has come from and so on. Today in the morning in Thessaloniki we had breakfast at a bakery...
19 novembre 2009

Foxy Shahzadi on the road again: from Bandar-e-Abbas to Maku

Foxy Shahzadi on the road again: from Bandar-e-Abbas to Maku
17th November: Finally, Foxy Shahzadi is proudly getting out of her container and the highly secured Rajaee Port. We leave at 4PM from Bandar-e-Abbas for a marathon journey: we have to join Salman and Haroon on Sunday 22nd in Ankara ! We therefore decide...
10 novembre 2009

9th November: Iqbal Day in Pakistan

9th November: Iqbal Day in Pakistan
Tehran times, 9th November 2009, Iqbal the poet of the east Today is the 132nd birth anniversary of Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938), the poet-philosopher who is ranked among the greatest literary and philosophical figures of the 20th century. Iqbal belongs...
23 novembre 2009

20th November: Iran - Turkey border

20th November: Iran - Turkey border
We got early morning to reach as soon as possible the border. We have to start the car with the jumping kit, as the battery is failing. Then we drive the 40km from Maku to the border: on the way we enjoy the wonderfull landscapes of the Mount Ararat and...
23 novembre 2009

22nd November: fixing Foxy Shahzadi before the european part of the trip

22nd November: fixing Foxy Shahzadi before the european part of the trip
We spend most of the day fixing various problems: changing the battery, having some denting work done after damage done to the front bumper and body in the container, changing whippers... By that time, Salman and Julien go to Istambul by bus, because...
24 novembre 2009

23rd November: Gule, Gule Turkey !

23rd November: Gule, Gule Turkey !
We start the day with few photos of "Foxy Shahzadi" in front of the Blue Mosque and then another photo shooting at Total petrol pump in Altunezade on the asian side of Istambul (this car is getting photographed more than a model !). We say goodbye to...
27 novembre 2009

Details for the Art on Wheels tour's arrival in Paris !

Details for the Art on Wheels tour's arrival in Paris !
The Art on Wheels Tour is presently in Florence where we received a warm welcome from Dr. Lawrence who is working with PIMS and the Cure2Children Foundation and has established several Bone Marrow Transplant facilities for Thalassemic children in Pakistan....
15 novembre 2009

Bandar-e-Abbas: the Far East

Here we are - at Bandar-e-Abbas, in front of the strait of Hormuz and Dubai. Bandar means port, Abbas stands for Shah Abbas the first who established the port in the 17th century. Since the Iraq-Iran war and the Gulf wars, Bandar-e-Abbas is regaining...
7 novembre 2009

Foxy Shahzadi completes the first leg of her journey from Islamabad to Paris

Foxy Shahzadi was sent off on the first leg of her journey from Islamabad to Paris on the 29th of October, 2009. The Send Off ceremony was held at the E7 Park in Islamabad. The Ambassador of France to Pakistan, M. Daniel Jouanneau was also present on...
9 novembre 2009

9th November: day 2 in Tehran

We are trying to sort out the modalities of clearance of the car from the port of Bandar-e-Abbas, which is not an easy job. We have to go to the office of the shipping company who has been mandated for it, but Foxy Shahzadi “is not in their systems”....
18 janvier 2010

10th anniversary, Pakistan Press Club in Paris

Pakistan Press Club in Paris celebrated its 10th anniversary on tuesday 5th of January with representatives of the Pakistani community in Paris (associations, political figures and media). The Consul of France in Karachi, Mr Pierre Seillan, was present...
11 novembre 2009

11th November: last day in Tehran

The shipping company has taken over the clearing formalities. However, we just found out that the ship left Karachi... today (instead of 8th of November, as initially scheduled) !!! It will arrive in Iran on Friday 13th... On a positive note, Foxy Shahzadi...
28 octobre 2009

The "Art on Wheels Tour" banner.

The "Art on Wheels Tour" banner.
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20 janvier 2010

Radio interview about Foxy'Shahzadi's trip on France Inter

Radio interview about Foxy'Shahzadi's trip on France Inter
The interview and Julien's slide show
7 novembre 2009

The Art on Wheels Tour Team

The Art on Wheels Tour Team
Julien Philippe (top left), Haroon Khan (top right), Salman Rashid (bottom left) and Vincent Ioos (bottom right) I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well....
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