Pakistan

Traveling the Karakoram Highway, Kashgar to Pakistan

Karakoram Highway The scenery is indescribable. As we slowly bump down this 1300km road in a colorful semi-truck with Urdu music blasting it’s hard not to get wrapped up in this amazing journey. It’s a difficult, uncomfortable, dusty and at time’s dangerous route, but it’s one that will stick with you forever. The Karakorum Highway is a classic traveler’s trail...

The Kalasha Valleys, Chitral – Pakistan

Gilgit and Chitral, Pakistan When your mind finally clears, you feel it. It’s a feeling deep inside. It’s a feeling of excitement, nervousness, and a strong desire to delve deeper into the unknown. Here Jacob and I were, experiencing this very feeling, riding atop an old, rusty bus, crossing the remote Shandur pass In North East Pakistan. Our destination is Chitral...

Hunza Valley, Pakistan – Land of the Immortals

Hunza Valley – Pakistan Paradise: A word often used to describe white sand, blue water and sitting in a lounge chair with your favourite beverage with no worries at all. This may be paradise for many, but not for me. For me, paradise is a place far removed from the fast paced life we live today. A place where the landscapes are like no other on this planet...

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The Passu Cones in Hunza Valley, Pakistan Travel

Passu and Gulmit – Pakistan  Time, it is a measurement used from old to new, to what you’re doing right this moment and into the unknown future that lie ahead. Time inevitably affects us all. Time in the west is something we either race against or ignore altogether. Time is what makes you choose life changing decisions and ultimately to grow old with experience...