Astor Valley
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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 dispu... [read more]
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 dispu... [read more] Blog: The Problem with Porters, Parts I & II
Date: September 4th 2007
Date: September 4th 2007
The Natco Express
Shandur Pass The Daewoo bus pulls up nearly an hour late following a restless night in which the wind and rain lash the apple orchard releasing the fruit to drum on the tin roof. Leaving Mastuj, I am the fourth passenger in a coaster that seats more than twenty. My rucksack is hoisted onto the roof rack and I take a seat up front to enjoy the vistas out the wi ... read moreComment on Astor Valley
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I moved to Asia back in the summer of 2003 as one of too many ALTS on the JET programme and i discovered travelblog to be a fun way of sharing my love of adventure and storytelling. For the next four years Hiroshima, domestically considered a city of yakuza and bumpkins, and known abroad as the victim of the A-bomb, became 'home'. My trials, tribulations, elations and escapes were herein documented. In my 30th year i left Japan behind, challenged myself to adventuring through Pakistan, to cross China west to east and north to south, and finally to settle in a 'developing country' (read pollute... full info
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From Blog: The Problem with Porters, Parts I & II