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Pakistan Slideshow
Pakistan
Travel Blogs from Pakistan
On our way
... left open. People from both sides wandered in and out and nobody seemed to mind. This was our first glimpse of Taftan. Pakistan was strangely horizontal, buildings were exclusively single story, the roads were made of dust and the view was bleak. I ...
Northern Pakistan
In August of 1993 my wife Marjorie and I signed up for a mountain biking expedition in northern Pakistan. The trip would run along the Karakoram Highway mostly, from the Kunjarab Pass at the Chinese border, down through Hunza, and all the way to Gilgit. ...
Entrée dans la vallée de la Hunza : Passu
Notre première étape au Pakistan sera Passu, qui marque l'entrée dans la vallée de la Hunza. Nous avions vu des photos de Passu dans notre guide et la réalité est au moins aussi belle. Passu est une bourguade au bord de la rivière ...
The lucky pen
... a whole. We saw only one building that was decent and it was literally square and featureless apart from square windows and a door. Pakistan seems to be a country afflicted by its people and it would be a better place without them. Gone here are the warm ...
Again into the majestic Karakorums
Hunza NW Frontier, Pakistan Majestic icy Rakiposhi dominates River, orchards, man. Another visit to Gilgit and my friend Abdul Karim at his Tourist Cottage ...
Refugees from Afghanistan
7-10 Dec 80 Ayun to Bumburet to Rumbar, Kalish 'infidels'. Vividly memorable. The got Pakistn Airlines flight from Chitral to Peshawar. Free thanks to my RNAC Capt. crew ...
Fascinante Peshawar
... moi ! Peshawar est la capitale de la province de Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa et le centre administratif et économique des Régions Tribales du Pakistan. La ville est située dans une large vallée près de l'extrême est de la Passe (Défilé) de Khyber, entre ...
Bienvenue en l´an 1433 !
Le Pakistan utilise le calendrier hégirien (islamique). Contrairement au Calendrier Grégorien qui est solaire, celui de l'islam est, pour sa part, fondé sur le cycle lunaire. La grande différence, c’est que les années lunaires sont plus courtes ...
Karimabad - Adventures on a motorbike!
... finally made it to Gilgit about 9pm, cold wet and not a single penny on me. Believe it or not though even this in Pakistan turned into a good experience, the guy a Mandina guess house sensed my frustration and gave me dry clothes, food and a bed for ...
Fairy Meadows Trek
... was so much amazing stuff to see) so I decided to join the trek and try and sweat this thing out. As treks in Pakistan go it was relatively easy but when carrying your own bag, sleeping bag and tent nothing at this altitude seemed easy, especially when ...
World's highest Polo - Shandur Pass
... so close to the Afghanistan border the Taliban had threatened to make an attack due to the high amount of Westerners and Pakistan diplomats attending the game, luckily its wasn't, they just got half the Pakistan army to create check points and set up ...
I'm a Tuktuk, not a Ferrari.
I spent the early hours of altitude insomnia trying to remember the words to Swinging on a Star. I got half way there, but couldn't remember the verse about the mule. We packed up and left by about 9.15. The others rapidly vanished into the ...
Lahore
... 'e sur la rivière Ravi, affluent de l'Indus. Elle compte plus de 7 millions d'habitants, faisant d'elle la deuxième ville du Pakistan après Karachi et la 45e du monde. Bien que Lahore ne soit pas la capitale du Pakistan, elle est de loin son principal ...
Farewell India - hello Pakistan
... to know what we thought of Pakistan compared to India. Ever the diplomat I told them what they wanted to hear chanted a few Pakistan zindabad which almost caused a riot they were so pleased. They used up most of the film in their camera taking photos of ...
Pakistan Border
Please excuse all grammar and spelling mistakes. <<< These keyboards are difficult to manoeuvre around, and it's tough to keep all my thoughts in order. Romeo and I had to get some serious antibiotics to stem the food born illness and tonight ...
Busy day
... the border. Marcin is grinning and ready to drive faster but I reckon this is going to be a tough crossing. India does not like Pakistan, they’re not going to make this any easier for us. In fact the only way we might get through quicker is to say ...
Quetta to Lahore
... to opt out of both the country's capital, Islamabad, and the famously beautiful mountains that clothe the Northern heights of Pakistan. We accepted the 40-hour roof-top ride - on a typically beautifully ornamented Pakistani truck - in a flash. We are ...
Le Khunjerab Pass, porte du Pakistan
... la main. Autant dire que dans un sac bourré comme le notre ils n'ont rien controlé du tout. Ca y est nous sommes au Pakistan. Et l'ambiance change tout de suite : les Pakistanais dans le bus sont euphoriques de rentrer chez eux après 2 ans à ...
Lotem blyskawicy przez Pakistan
... zjedlismy sniadanie w przydworcowym fastfoodzie :D. Pozniej wsiedlismy w takse na granice i tam pozegnalismy „przepieknej urody” ;) Pakistan. Jesli chodzi o wrazenia z przejazdu z tego kraju to widac, ze kraj jest biedny i bardzo brudny, ...
Trek du Rush Phari
Après quelques jours de repos à Karimabad, on enchaine sur un deuxième trek, de 5 jours cette fois au Rush Phari. Il a plu la veille mais au moment du départ il fait grand beau et le ciel a été lavé. Du coup on voit les sommets environnants ...
Up the Karakoram Highway
... in the village. A European climber whose name I forget had been the brains behind it and provided the funding. Northern Pakistan desperately needs more of these schools as thousands of children in the remote mountain villages do not receive an education. ...
through multan to lahore
On the road through Multan we arrived in Lahore, which compared to what we had seen in Pakistan so far, was a real ...
The long road to Pakistan!
... territory of Kashmir. Before leaving for our journey I knew very little about Kashmir or the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan. Even though we never directly felt unsafe, when it comes to traveling in this part of the world there is never any ...