Pakistan 2022

View over high alpine meadow to 8,126m Nanga Parbat (The Killer Mountain) in the Western Himalaya. This is in the North east of Pakistan in the Baltistan area.

Hunza. North Pakistan. I have just today come home from 6 weeks in the remotest parts of Pakistan. I will get back to visiting and commenting soon. Have had no internet. Have a fabulous Friday and weekend. Big hugs to all. Huge gaps in the foot treads, an unsteady ‘ fence’, raging glacier melt river far below, and 500meters to the other side…not for the faint of heart. Plus a fierce wind. The locals run across carrying baskets

Shimshal is a very remote valley in far North Pakistan. It is at 3500meters in the high Pamirs, near the border with China. It saw its first car in 2003 when the locals built a 57 km road to connect with the Karakoram Highway. Prior to that all goods were portered in via a perilous Silk Route track high on the cliffs, with terrifying river crossings. My husband hiked in along that track in 1989 so we wanted to check out the valley today…where he met some people he first encountered then. Then road here has a drop into a raging river on one side, and rock overhangs on the other. We did it in, and out again.

Hussaini Suspension bridge, North Pakistan and below…me facing my terrors Wishing a happy Friday and a really enjoyable weekend to everyone. Thank you for your visit. </a

In the Karakoram Range in Gilgit-Baltistan, North Pakistan. Here, there is almost no flat land. Have a fantastic week. Love from Australia

The village at 3500 meters in the High Pamirs, near the China border in Pakistan. The village at the end of the road I posted a video of. It is a land of rock and snow melt. It is shut off during winter with temperatures around -40C. The hardy villagers grow wheat and potatoes, apricots, stone fruits and walnuts. They raise sheep, cattle and yaks, which spend the summer in the much higher Pamir pastures several days from the village. In winter there is danger from bears, snow leopards and wolves. Have a super Friday and a most agreeable weekend

From Shimshal, at 3500 meters in the high Pamir mountains up near the Pakistan border with China. The thrifty subsistence farmers here use every scrap of precious wood to be found…for heating and cooking..,and for gates! Trees are scarce at this altitude Thanks for any welcome visits and comments, which are truly appreciated. Enjoy your Friday, and may the weekend be full of photographic treasures!

Pakistani trucks are extraordinary. The amount of art and decoration on them defies description. This oldie is one of the veterans plying the road. Every bit of the vehicle is painted, embellished, and decorated with wild extravagance, down to tinkling chain skirts and hand carved and painted doors. They are like giant sailing ships on the road, with the prow at the top often full of goats, people and/or cargo. Modern ones are equally overly decorated. It is a definite art form, and owners are inordinately proud of their trucks, carefully maintaining and updating the decor. I absolutely adore them.

The mind boggling details on yet other Pakistani trucks. The leader photo is a close up of the extraordinary detail on the front of a fairly new vehicle. They look amazing sailing along the roads! The bottom one is an Imran Khan truck