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Lalazar, 22- July; Everything around our hotel was outdone with greenness and anything that could even dream of blooming or blossoming was in bloom and blossom. The sunlight was a benediction. The breezes were caressingly soft and intimate on the skin. I was standing by the fence of our hotel's backside, admiring the beauty, far …

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Departing Hunza 21 July; ‘Let's go everyone, we've ordered our breakfast at the restaurant downstairs. Please hurry up so that we could leave until nine o'clock.’ Bhaiya was marching up and down the hall calling everyone out. The lobby was filled with our luggage and stuff. Plus, there was chaos everywhere. One could easily compare …

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Karachi To Khunjerab Pass~Altit Fort- It was still drizzling when we reached the fort. As soon as we stepped out of the bus a chilly wind blew past us. Although, I was wearing that thick parachute jacket, yet, I was shivering. It was past midday and still very cold. We walked to the ticket house …

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Karachi To Khunjrave Pass~ 19th July; Surprisingly, my morning that day didn't begin with my husband's berates that day, instead, it was the sounds of beautiful birds singing nearby with a wonderful smell of sweet honey nectar and the mist. The sun wasn't out properly, yet its light was simmering from beneath the mountains right …

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First Night At Hunza- Karachi to Khunjerave Pass. “We have to walk to the guest house from here, just leave your things. Yaseen sahab will bring the coaster to the porch,” Bhaiya announced and everyone moved out. It was almost sunset when we reached Hunza. On our way to Hunza, we had stopped quite a …

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Dinner at Gilgit ~ Everything was red and green. It was a duplicate of the highway restaurants we have in Karachi. The Takhat and Gowtakia sittings. Don't be hard on yourself about what's a Takhat and a Gowtakia. These are typical South Asian things. A Takhat is a flat rectangular table like structure of wood, …

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SHORT STAY AT GILGIT - KARACHI TO KHUNJERAB PASS. It was almost Mughrib when we reached our hotel, exhausted and tired. Not to mention filled with sand and dust. Everything was brown, from clothes to the shoes. Bhaiya and Shahid bhai went to the manager to arrange for our rooms, rest of us waited impatiently …

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The Lunch On the Way- KARACHI TO KHUNJERAB PASS- Our way to Gilgit was completely different from the part we just covered, from the view, to the atmosphere everything was changing. More greener than before and the temperature was lowering again. Only the water of the river remained muddy brown. Plain grasslands with Lash green …

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Unforgettable Chillas- Karachi To Khunjerab Pass Have you ever felt Magic? Have you ever been to some place that transforms Magically, from a cold humid weather to a completely opposite hot, dry one? Yes, that day it happened to us. When we first moved on crossing the Babusar Pass, the weather was cold and became …

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The floating clouds, lush green grass and marvellous landscape, was all we could see, it was a heavenly piece of earth with beautiful views wherever you see. Standing on the top we got lucky enough to capture a panoramic view of Malika-e-Parbat. Malika-e-Parbat is the highest peak of the district with an elevation of 17,000 …