A visit to Silk Route by Wendy Morrison and Alan Smith

Wendy Morrison and Alan Smith

We are proud to share this article shared with us by Wendy Morrison and Alan Smith who traveled through Silk Route and came across Hunza and they share their experience with us. The attached Document is a PDF file for the readers, which covers the travelogue of the Australian couple.

You can reach the writer at crowdywendy@bigpond [dot] com to share a word with them.

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Here are some of the exerpts from the article.

Final Destination: North Pakistan

“Our travels in May June 2009 took my husband Alan (aged 71) and I (aged 56) from our home country of Australia through the various Silk Road routes of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and along the famous Karakoram Highway through far western China and finally into northern Pakistan.”

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“Our information about Pakistan was mostly via the media. And the situation just before we left for Pakistan looked awful. In virtually all hotels we stayed in, we were the only guests. In a country that rations electricity from power grids to every second day, this catch 22 situation means that tourists are often subject to no electricity at all, which of course means no lighting, heating, hot water and so on. Understandably, the hotel owners are reluctant to use precious diesel to turn on their generators for just two people.”

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“The village of Passu was breathtaking. A more dramatic and beautiful setting would be impossible to describe. At a height of 2,770 m the village of Passu is nestled just below the majestic Cathedral Ridge of razor sharp mountain peaks. Magnificent white and black moraine covered glaciers almost reach the road. Late that afternoon Alan and I wandered along the road outside out hotel. “Was this cratered track really the mighty Karakoram Highway?” we asked ourselves. It sure was.”

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The picturesque Hunza townships of Duikar and Karimabad and the surrounding villages are set in stunningly beautiful scenery surrounded by mighty snow capped mountains such as the beautiful Lady Finger, Rakaposhi, Golden Peak, Broad Peak, Diran and Ultar. Surrounding the townships are the many irrigation channels, the life blood for the agriculture of this region. Every available part of the valley is farmed. Fruit orchards are interspersed with small farm plots once again mostly irrigated potatoes with some lucerne plots and all enclosed with endless stone walls.

We loved Pakistan and we know we will be coming back.

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