(Daniel) Rowan and Gabby came to my door this morning to tell me that they were moving.  They had not been able to get the hot water going and this had been the last straw in their decision to go to Best Western and get some decent standards from their hotel.  I understood completely, but had got used to this room overnight, and decided to stay here for the time being.  They took a taxi and we agreed to meet up later in the evening. Meanwhile I asked the doorman if he knew where I could find a replacement axle for the trailer.  There is a steel market and a car parts market in Lahore, and I decided to try the car parts market first and jumped in a rickshaw.  For anyone looking for parts in Lahore the market is called Bilal Ganj, and any rickshaw or taxi will take you there.  I was really surprised when I arrived to see the layout of the place.  Street after street of used car parts.  Anyway I met a couple of mechanics who said they could help and returned with them to the hotel to inspect the current state of the axle.  We then drove to the steel market and tried to locate a piece of high carbon steel to replace the axle, in the end I left with a scrap bar that was the right size but not the correct grade.

When I returned to the hotel with the steel, a card had been left at the front desk for me by a local TV station asking for an interview.  I decided to call them later and went up to bed early.

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