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K2 !!  
   

K2 !!

The world's second highest peak seems to be suffering somewhat from the effects of global warming.... Pakistan Independance day, Quetta.
Smugglers,Taliban,Opium,Charas and lots and lots of sand - Balochistan (Bam to Quetta)

August 24th 2006
It is now 11am and already unbearably hot. We have just left the border village of Mirjave after stopping for a cold juice and failing to find a money changer. We have no police escort as we decided to ignore the commands of the Iranian army at the checkpoint as we left Zahedan earlier this morning. We have cycled nearly 100km through the desert, thankfully without encountering any of the “terro ... read more
Asia » Pakistan » Quetta

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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