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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…

Sust

At night in Sust and the day after

[ Sept.1996 ] The first town in Pakistan after crossing from China was Sust where we spent time with the British man with whom we were together in the bus. We went to the bazaar…

Sust

Into Pakistan

[ Sept.1996 ] In the morning in Tashkurgan, a village near the border in China after staying one night, our bus disappeared with our luggage at 9 am which was supposed to be the departure…

Kashgar

Enjoyed Kashgar one more day

[ Sept.1996 ] On the third day in Kashgar in the western part in Xinjiang in China, we rented a bicycle and went to Afaq Khoja Mausoleum. I struggled to pedal on the slope with…