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Rawalpindi

Chaotic Rawalpindi

[ Sept.1996 ] Our long travelling from China to Pakistan for more than 40 days was coming down to the final stage. On the last day in Gilgit, the town in the northern Pakistan, we…

Tehran

Iran, Tehran

These are my photos of Tehran taken in 1999.

Gilgit

Sightseeing around Gilgit

[ Sept.1996 ] On the second day in Gilgit, the town in the northern Pakistan, we had some pancakes for breakfast and had a chat with the manager of this hotel, North Inn. He was…

Gilgit

Gilgit, the town with men only

[ Sept.1996 ] We left Karimabad, the utopia in the northern Pakistan chartering a jeep again with the British man with whom we were together when we had crossed the border and went further down…

Karimabad

Home visit in Karimabad

[Sept.1996] I continue talking about Karimabad, the utopia in the northern Pakistan. Apparently people around here call themselves the descendants of Alexander the Great and in fact many of them had blue eyes and pale…

Karimabad

Lovely peaceful Karimabad

[ Sept.1996 ] We stayed in a good hotel called Hunza Baltit Inn in Karimabad, the main town in Hunza Valley in Pakistan. The room was nice and clean and comfortable, which cost 850 rupees…