First, before departure, I gathered a collection of guide books from Lonely Planet and a large fold out map of each city.

FORBES: Looking at the Web from a World Away

Not just a regular handset, but one that could fold out into an electronic map or fit around the wrist like a watch, losing none of its functionality along the way.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Children of the current generation will be poorer for it if they never get to linger over a vast paper map and then try in vain to fold it back into its original shape.

WSJ: Lost in Our Maps: A History of Cartographic Catastrophes

The intent of this project is three-fold: to galvanize institutional support for the implementation of the Madrid Action Plan (MAP) for MAB in Pakistan, and add an additional site - the Juniper Forest Ecosystem of Ziarat - to the global network of biosphere reserves, and to facilitate the capacity building of stakeholders in the management of biosphere reserves, along with enhancing the research capacity on ecosystem services.

UNESCO: NATURAL SCIENCES