http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Pakistan/North-West-Frontier-Province/Chitral/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Pakistan , North West Frontier Province , Chitral en-us Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:38:07 BST Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:38:07 BST Simon still shows no sign of improvement. His complaints of the pain fatigue and discomfort are peppered with explosions of profanity as he rolls out of bed and practically hits the floor. During the night he made several visits to the toilet. His pants barely cling to his waist and he is pale in spite of the sun his skin has absorbed while trekking in the mountains. Ameen rolls up Simonrsq http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Pakistan/North-West-Frontier-Province/Chitral/blog-315619.html This place cannot be for real. It is not just another world rather another galaxy. My initial fifteen minutes in Balanguru are of paralysis and disbelief. Balanguru is what it must be like to be knocked unconscious by an alien tractor beam and then relocated to their home solar system. Distance introversion and geographical inaccessibility have shielded the Kalash people from mainstream Pak http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Pakistan/North-West-Frontier-Province/Chitral/blog-313767.html It's been a while since I last posted on this blog this was due to being in the freezing Hindu Kush mountains where internet access is sparse if existent at all. We left for Chitral on 11th December via propeller plane. Chitral is pretty cut off from the rest of Pakistan as you can only get there by plane which is frequently cancelled due to bad weather conditions or over the Lowari Pass http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Pakistan/North-West-Frontier-Province/Chitral/blog-230256.html I'm sitting in front of a fire blazing in a fireplace. Timber rafters concrete floor windows and a door that don't quite close two beds covered with my junk. This is my room the family's guest room. There were 15 people sleeping here before I got here. Now it seems like there's hardly room for another person without crowding. Sitting on a plastic chair next to me is Wali Khan my landlo http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Pakistan/North-West-Frontier-Province/Chitral/blog-226731.html Il piccolo minivan supera agilmente il Lowari Pass a piu' di 3000 metri d'altezza e si entra cosi' nel distretto di Chitral all'angolo a NordOvest del Pakistan un territorio decisamente remoto circondato dalle possenti cime dell'Hindukush.L'aria e' frizzante e cristallina una vera e propria boccata d'ossigeno dopo quella ammorbata delle grandi citta' di pianura il cielo ritorna ad essere azzu http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Pakistan/North-West-Frontier-Province/Chitral/blog-206569.html Wednesday September 20thToday I was leaving Gilgit and the Northern Area for Chitral in the NorthWest Frontier province right next to Afghanistan. Chitral is a big valley blocked from the rest of Pakistan 6 months a year. It is in the extreme northwest of Pakistan just south of the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan the little handle that sticks out of Afghanistan a little colonial fantasy and http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Pakistan/North-West-Frontier-Province/Chitral/blog-93668.html