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- Islamabad
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- Pakistan Rupee (PKR)
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Travel Blogs from Pakistan
Salzwasser und Dämonen (Reisebericht)
Wieder hatte ich einen langen und anstrengenden Tag hinter mir. Die Wanderung entlang des Machulu-Gletschers und später der Aufstieg durch den rutschigen Geröllhang auf einen kleineren Gipfel entlang der Route hatten mir einiges abverlangt. Besonders ...
Cérémonie de clôture de la frontière pakistano-ind
... 'marcation mise en place par Cyril Radcliffe lors de la Partition de 1947, s'est retrouvé coupé en deux avec la partie occidentale au Pakistan et orientale en Inde. Chaque soir (16:30 en hiver, 17:30 en été), une cérémonie pour la fermeture nocturne ...
Hassan Abdal et Attock
... qui paient jusqu’à 4 ou 5 millions de Rs pour un rein. * A propos de la compagnie aérienne nationale, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Une flotte en très mauvaise état entraîne de nombreux retards et annulations (1200 entre août et ...
Gondagora La (5900meter mountain Pass)
... ; avalanche - D'AUBAREDE Hughes - France Aug 1, 2008, SSE ridge, Bottleneck; avalanche - MEHERBAN Karim - Pakistan Aug 1, 2008, SSE ridge, Bottleneck, avalanche As sad as this was, not wanting to leave you with these ...
48 Degrees in the Sun
... ; but eventually that gringo magic worked in our favour and we were allowed pass on through here into the islamic republic of pakistan. we hung round at the border to watch the extremely showy closing of the border ceremony. if the truth ...
Autour d'Islamabad... et du Pakistan
... (ainsi que plusieurs cousins). Nous avons eu une discussion très intéressante avec un cousin d'Anjum, à propos de l'image du Pakistan à l'étranger notamment. Ils étaient désireux de savoir ce que j'allais rapporter à ma famille et à mes amis à ...
always no light
ist of all i want to tel that the city mentioned in thebar is very rough and all the time i live there i felt strange on absence of light for almost 15 days ,so dont ever try to go ...
How to get a Chinese Visa for Dummies
... of the destinations in Central Asia I would have liked to add in my trip. Some possible itineraries could have been Pakistan -> Afghanistan -> Tajikistan -> Kyrgyzstan -> China, or Pakistan -> Afghanistan -> Tajikistan -> Uzbekistan ...
The road less travelled
... said. Well sure, I had done it before but generally a lot slower and not over such difficult terrain following an armed escort across Pakistan at speeds that would have got me a ticket in England on a decent road. We got something to eat at the next ...
akashnazir.com
you visit khairpur sindh pakistan sachal sarmast tomb :sachal sarmast was born in daraza village ghmbat khairpur. he was poet the sachal srmast was a great saint ALI Buksh SHAR.Tomb He was sardar (commander)shar tibe in khair pur and other he ...
TIC - This is China!
... on our route. But with Tibet closed, we looked for another overland route and the one across the Khunjerab Pass and then through Pakistan seemed a good replacement. But until Kashgar, we weren't quite sure if we could get a visa on the border. So we kept ...
La montagne ca vous gagne !
... villages in Burboret. Arriving there, I was assigned a security officer (as a matter of fact, due to the proximity with Pakistan, all foreigners must be escorted while visiting the Kalash valleys, and Police was very upset when they learnt we were 5 days ...
Islamabad, le puzzle
... en termes de population, avec environ 680 000. Elle est depuis devenue un important centre politique, économique et culturel du Pakistan. C'est surtout la ville des ambassades et consulats. 71 pays représentés. La plupart sont regroupées dans un ...
Visiting the Grand Mercure, Karachi
I spent a few hours at the Grand Mercure Accor Hotel, the first five-star hotel in the city for 25 years. It was a refreshing change from the boredom of visiting the usual suspects. Although Sheraton, PC, Marriott and the rest are fine hotels in their ...
I'm at the top of the world and it's fantastic.
Hi folks don't know when I can send this but I'll start it now. Since I last wrote we flew from Islamabad International airport up to Gilgit. If I had been allowed to go in the truck I would have but as women were not allowed I had to take the ...
The most dangerous place in the World
... . These areas are dominated by Taliban and there, Pakistani law has no force and authorities are powerless. Since September, 11th, Pakistan has received billions of dollars from the USA to get rid from the Taliban (the militia they had themselves trained ...
Along the Indus River
SKARDU Baltistan, Pakistan Dry spacious valley; Sluggish Indus wand'ring thru. Snow mountains surround. Bus trip to Skardu. Staging city for K-2 expeditions. Some beautiful ...
Kalasha Valleys
"So, why can't you just sell me the ticket now? if it's on the way, it has to land right?" "not right. anything can happen. and usually does." I was trying to buy a plane ticket for tomorrow, going to Peshawar. the man behind the counter wouldn't ...
Peshawar
... guns. Some stats say that the town of Darra hand makes 300 guns a day that get distributed to the tribal areas between pakistan and afghanistan. what fun! I went to the "smuggler's bazaar" this afternoon and as promised, it's a bunch of people hanging ...
Across the border to Pakistan
Crossing the Iranian border into Pakistan was an unforgettable experience. The official visa and passport building was no more than a mud hut with a couple of money changers loitering outside, throwing eager glances in our direction. We were then shown ...
Hiking in Passu
Passu is for sure one of the most beautiful places on earth. The "town" itself consists of a few houses and guesthouses sprawled along the winding Karakoram highway... and the Karakoram highway itself would, in other parts of the world, be called a small ...
Chitral
spent the night near the shandur pass, home of the world's highest (15,000 feet) polo field. every july 80,000 people come here to watch a polo game. we walked around on the deserted field in the middle of the mountains, very pretty. we got to chitral ...