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Live at the Baltit Fort  
   

Live at the Baltit Fort

Our ticket collector was a smiling man who not only dispensed marital advice, but also proved to be a good photographer!
Peace in Pakistan

September 10th 2007
Hello, Everyone! It feels like a lifetime since our last update. The quick version of our last month is that we've been in Pakistan since September 4th... we traveled in over the Kunjerab Pass and we’ve been making our way south and east. We spent time in 1) the Hunza Valley with Ismali Muslims, 2) the Gilgit area with military personnel and a bunch of bearded men, 3) in Baltistan, home of big ... read more
Asia » Pakistan » Northern Areas » Karimabad

Pakistani Flag The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan have fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disput... ... read more
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