Serena Islamabad

... where we hired a jeep out to a glacier in Hoper Valley. We retraced our steps South through the Karakoram to Islamabad, which I will venture tomorrow. Pakistan has been like a series of countries. In the south nomads somehow survive in the dusty ...

... by our guide, Leon (from Holland). We and our luggage were put in a car and we sped off on a 20-minute drive to the Islamabad Serena Hotel, a very fancy place. Fortunately, they had a room ready for us (it was about 8 A.M.), so with the help of a ...

Took a flight back to Islamabad. This journey was no means a holiday but an expedition. Needing high levels of endurance. This was a dream come true for me. Foot loose & fancy free in the wild & untamed Karakoram. Some thing that I'll cherish for ...

... will have to stop more often for the sick people to deal with their issues as we drive - sounds like a real giggle!   Islamabad   It's 44 degrees in Islamabad and will be 47 when we get there tomorrow. Apparently over 100 people have dies in ...

... Westerners discussing business. The huge extent of the squalor in Rawalpindi compared to the three streets of excessive wealth found in Islamabad was striking. Something like 80-90% of the two cities wealth concentrated in such a small area. Horrible. The ...

    I've compiled a trip report & have tried to recall the fine moments I've had on our journey to Gilgit Baltistan and an impressive view point from where we had a spectacular view of great peaks including K2, Broadpeak, Gashebrum and ...

... delicious meal, courtesy of the chef, who we later learnt was doing this for the fun of it and usually cooked in the Serena Hotel in Islamabad. I guess he may have decided big hotels in the capital were not the safest place to be right now. The next ...

... before reaching the age of 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   When we took off from islamabad it really hit home that there wasnow no turning back,in less ...