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After visiting the fort we had a really good lunch. Beth had a fresh trout that was cooked to perfection. Then we hit the bazaar for shopping. Madeline, Mike, Elizabeth and I found some Autumn Olive Honey that was absolutely delicious. Madeline and Umar picked up a fox fur, I bought a...

From Ganish we moved on to the Altit Fort. Once again we had a super friendly and knowledgeable tour guide and once again it was a UNESCO site. He told us the fort was built for a Baltistan Princess. Her husband refused to build her a home worthy of a Princess, upon hearing this, her father...

That's exactly what it was. It must be a Hunza Valley thing because nearly every taxidermy mount we saw in Karimabad had painted eyes like that. Sent from my SM-G986U1 using Tapatalk

Episode 5: The Karakoram Highway and Ganish Khun Historical Village Sent from my SM-G986U1 using Tapatalk

Outside one of the small Mosques, Mike and I discovered another ancient artifact. We had quite a long conversation about this particular piece of history, as it is one of my favorite subjects. Elizabeth found it more interesting to learn about masonry and the unique tie downs they...

GANISH KHUN and ALTIT FORT In the morning Beth and I went to the hotel dining room for breakfast. They had a young man that was operating an egg station. He cooked eggs any way you wanted. I had two over-easy with a little salt and pepper. Along With some toast and instant coffee breakfast...

We rode along through the dark and into the morning light. We had to be at Dasu by 6AM to meet the narrow window that the road was opened. We had to stop at a few more checkpoints along the way, each one wanting hard copies of our information, and each time Rizwan got them to just write down...

We finally made it to the “Hilton”, yes, it was actually called the Hilton. It looked like a great place to sleep for the 7500 rupees ($27USD) that we paid for each room. Well, it looked like it was a great place in the 1960s, and it hadn't been refurbished since then. Lessee, the wifi didn't...

Over dinner we discussed the fact that we were going to have to cut a day off the resort stay here. We had planned for two full days but as it turned out the Babusar Pass was still closed due to snow. Instead of a short 8 hour ride to get to the Hunza Valley we were going to have to take a two...

After, we all hit the Naran Bazaar for a bit of shopping. Walking along the street Elizabeth and I spotted a man carrying a cage with 3 chickens in it on his shoulder. Beenish and Iffat found a shop they wanted to try so we all went inside. While they shopped Beth and I watched the show. It's...

The video was awesome Dan! Thanks for doing a trip report too. I can't wait to see more! Sent from my SM-G986U1 using Tapatalk

We loaded back up into the Jeeps, switching it up a little bit, with Rizwan, Ali and Hadiqa joining Elizabeth and I for the ride down. It was just as rough and bouncy as the way up. The drivers still passing each other as they could. With arms and legs and butts sore from bouncing down the...

It Certainly looks like the same viewpoint! I'm not sure what Umar's Cadet School was called, or what it is now as he said the military school moved after he was finished. Are you there now? It was late May and June for us. Pakistan is amazingly beautiful. Sent from my SM-G986U1 using Tapatalk

We “hiked” along the path stopping for photos of the lake and several moments of comic relief video of American tourists vs Pakistani tourist seeing the amazing sights. Hadiqa and Sabrina wanted to have a snowball fight so we all went off through the snowfields to find a piece of snow without...

Sitting in the cool spring air at a hefty 10,500 feet elevation, Saif ul Maluk is a sight to behold. A truly breathtaking sight even with the hundreds of people forming the crowd along the shoreline and in the small bazaar. Once again, everywhere we turned there was someone hawking something...

We made it into Naran on the backside of the bazaar streets, and poured out of the bus onto the street among a long line of jeeps. Rizwan immediately began a short negotiation process, after explaining to us that we would all fit in 2 jeeps and they would take us to the lake. Our treat for...

After the big breakfast we all loaded into the bus and drove down the valley to Naran. The consensus was to stop where the snowmelt flowed across the road and enjoy the cool morning air and touch the icy cold waters. As luck would have it another herd of sheep happened to be crossing shortly...

Americans in Pakistan Part 3 Murree Mall Road and Batakundi Sent from my SM-G986U1 using Tapatalk

Another three hours and we were on a narrow, winding mountain road. I sadly couldn't see the view as it was after midnight, but out the front windshield things were getting interesting. The driver slowed to a stop, in front of us was a torrent of water cutting through a snowbank. The snow was...