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Hitchhiking on the KKH  
   

Hitchhiking on the KKH

We spent several hours of our drive with a Chinese man who spoke no English. For $2 he drove us to the border town and took us with him to deliver cement to a Tajik family.
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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