May 16, 2005
A Passage (Back) To India: Chitral-Peshawar-Lahore
Chitral was similar to Gilgit in that they were both the regional centres for large, remote areas of northern Pakistan. That was more or less where the similarities ended, however. Gilgit, occupying a spot on the well maintained Karakoram Highway,...Read this update
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Gilgit to Chitral: High Adventure on the Shandur Pass
I was happy to be back in Gilgit, and especially happy to be back at the Madina Guesthouse, whose staff and owner made the otherwise pleasant-but-boring town a great place to be. My first order of business was to sort...Read this update
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May 14, 2005
Last Stop North: Passu and Surroundings
Passu is the farthest north I got in Pakistan, sitting barely 100km from the Khunjerab Pass and the border with China. It's a quiet little town, but has started to see some tourism activity in recent years due to the...Read this update
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May 12, 2005
Hunza: The Heart of the Karakoram
The title of this entry is perhaps a bit misleading. It would probably be fairer to say that Baltistan, in Pakistan's northeast corner is the TRUE heart of the Karakoram, since it contains four of the five 8000m peaks in...Read this update
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May 09, 2005
Rawalpindi to Gilgit on the Karakoram Highway
The Karakoram Highway was constructed in a ten year period from 1969 to 1979. It links Pakistan with western China and is one of the true engineering marvels of the world. The KKH (as it is commonly known) covers some...Read this update
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April 25, 2005
Rawlapindi, Islamabad and My Run In With The Law
The bus trip from Peshawar to Rawalpindi was generally unexciting. One brief point of interest was the appearance of Akbar's fort, a 16th century construction that dominates the valley it sits overtop. Indeed, save for the fort, it was made...Read this update
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April 15, 2005
The Best Possible Start in Pakistan: New Friends in Peshawar
Pakistan has something of a bad reputation at the moment. It is an Islamic Republic, though at the time of my visit it was under military rule. In addition to these factors (which many westerners would find disturbing enough) is...Read this update
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