Locals of Shighar valley playing cricket in the polo ground…| Destination Pakistan

Locals of Shighar valley playing cricket in the polo ground. The ground is primarily used to play the ancient game of polo but they often use it to play cricket. Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Gilgit Baltistan blogs

26 Nov

Deosai Plains: Welcome to surreal Pakistan

Syed Mehdi Bukhari | Gilgit Baltistan |

When after a long journey through mountains, valleys, villages and hills; I saw Deosai for the first time, it struck to me as if Wordsworth wrote the poem for Deosai.

14 Aug

Cycling on the Roof of Pakistan (part-3)

Awais Jibran | Gilgit Baltistan |

It was Day#7, we set off early to reach Hunza in time. We cooked breakfast for ourselves at Ali’s place and took some group photos before leaving. Soon we were back on Mighty KKH. We left Nagar and entered Hunza valley after crossing Hunza bridge. Amazing views of Rakaposhi welcomed us passing from Nasirabad & Murtazabad. In Nasirabad, KKH was blocked by the locals because they were protesting against water shortage. We stopped there until the road was unblocked, It roughly took an hour. Our next stop was “Murtazabad”, amazing & compelling views of Rakaposhi continued all along the way.

06 Aug

Cycling on the Roof of Pakistan (part-1)

Awais Jibran | Gilgit Baltistan |

Before you reach to the destination, you have to face the headache of packing your luggage, making sure all the things are in place, getting on the right transport but they do not always go as expected. Its the test of your psychological strength right at the start of your journey. Like for us, the Journey didn't start as we expected it and we had to face and overcome the unexpected.