Northern Areas, Pakistan

Travel Blogs from Northern Areas (26)

Crossing the Pakora Pass, Pakora, Northern Areas, Pakistan travel blog
Crossing the Pakora Pass
Sep 18, 2004

... exhilaration as I got to the pass. The view over the snowfield and glacier was the best thing I had seen so far in Pakistan (even on the trip?), it stretched out beautifully before us, white snow contrasting with blue sky, grey moraine to one side and the ...

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The route to Rush Lake, Days 1-3, Hoper, Northern Areas, Pakistan travel blog
The route to Rush Lake, Days 1-3
Sep 5, 2004

Day 1: dep Hoper (2790m) 0750 arr Bericho Kor (3300m) 1300; 5h walking, 1h10 rest; ascend 510m After a cold night in Hoper, the morning was superbly bright and clear. Akbar & Mohammed, my two portering companions for the trip, and I headed out of Hoper ...

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Return from Rush Phari Days 4-5, Hoper, Northern Areas, Pakistan travel blog
Return from Rush Phari Days 4-5
Sep 7, 2004

Day 4: Part 1: Ascent of Rush Peak (5100m) from Rush Phari (4700m); ascend and descend 400m in 3h30, 0500 to 0830 A colder night than the previous gave us frost instead of snow, but the weather appeared clearer, so Mohammed & I walked and scrambled our ...

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Akbar the Porter, Hoper, Northern Areas, Pakistan travel blog
Akbar the Porter
Sep 7, 2004

... tune, hissing & crackling for 90% of the time it was on. Of course, why would anyone come thousands of miles to Pakistan for. Enjoy spectacular mountain scenery? Fresh air? Be away from noise and pollution? Hell no, it was to listen to a bloody short ...

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Forum Discussions on Northern Areas (2)

Pakistan Starter Kit
Posted on Sep 28, 2007, 06:58:46
... . It will be the first time that he'll be going to Pakistan despite being a Pakistanis and he really don't know anything about Northern Areas, the region he'll be staying. He will need a pharmacy directory for that part of Pakistan please. He got one on ...
Event /Travel guide website about Pakistan?
Posted on Sep 15, 2009, 07:09:21
... on September 18 for # days in Pakistan, 2 nights in Lahore, 3 nights in Karachi, 2 nights Islamabad and the rest in Northern Areas. does anyone have a good website to find out about places, festivals, or goings on there? thanks in advance!!

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