Rawalpindi
Chicken Karahi chef.
Shah Faisal Mosque (Terrorist training camp), Islamabad
Tomb of General Zia ul Haq
Grand Trunk Road, Peshawar
Local minibus
Downtown Peshawar
Cunningham Tower
Looking for a dentist
Nut seller
Peshawar vegetable market
Street Food (with added pollution)
Entrance to Khyber Tribal Area
Khyber Pass
Regimental badges on Khyber Road
Looking into Afghanistan, Torkham
Khyber Rifles (Our armed guard)
UK Taliban
Peshawar Main Bus Station
Hotel (ex Palace of Mir of Dir)
Main Street, Dir, Malakand
Ready for take-off
'Road' to Lowari Pass
Lowari Top (3118M)
Down the other side (45 hair pins)
Chitral Valley, NWFP
Main Street, Chitral
Chitral football
The crowd's gone not so wild!
Towards Kalash Valleys
'Road' to Kalash Valleys
Balanguru Village, Rumbur Valley
Saifullah Jan's Guesthouse, Rumbur Valley
Guesthouse yard
Kalash washing day
Trek to Nuristan
Collecting fresh walnuts
Kalash Temple
Looking towards Afghanistan
Tea, bread and goat's cheese with village elders
Extended family of guesthouse owner
Drying vegetables for winter
Bumburet Valley
Guesthouse in Bumburet
Route to Shandur Pass
Shandur Pass (3810M)
Highest Polo Ground in World
Shandur Hotel
Dhal and chapatis (tasty stuff!)
Sheperd and family + Pakistani tourist
Phander PDTC Hotel
Phander Lake
Road to Gilgit
Local river crossing
Khalti Lake
Entrance to Karakorum Highway (KKH)
Stopover in Karimabad
Route of KKH
KKH to Passu
Spot the footbridge
Passu Village (2400M)
Topopdan (Cathedral Peaks, 6000M)
Hunza River Bridge, Passu
Another bridge!
Path to Passu Glacier
Looking down to Passu Glacier Snout
Passu Glacier (35 km long)
Looking across to Yunz Valley
Yunz Valley (3000M)
Batura Glacier (56 km long)
Glacier meltwater
Road back to Passu
Sost, last village before China
KKH to Chinese border
Khunjerab border with China, 4730M
Welcome to China
Ultar peaks, upto 7000M
The view on the path to Avdegar, 1400M climb
Shispar Peak, 7200M
Still climbing
Looking down on Passu Glacer with village in right hand green patch
KKH to Karimabad
Eagles Nest Hotel, Duikar, 2800M.
Ladyfinger Peak, 6000M
Around the hotel
One view from Eagles Nest
Golden Peak
Sunrise on Rakaposhi (7800M) from Eagles Nest
Rakaposhi
Hunza Valley from Eagles Nest
Climbing to Khost viewpoint, 3600M
View from the top
Another view to Ultar Glacier
Rakaposhi from KKH
Diran Guesthouse
Path to Minapin Glacier
First section of climbing
Looking acroos to lower part of Minapin Glacier
Not a path for the faint hearted!
Ablation valley next to glacier
Toilet is on the left!
Rakaposhi-Diran ridge
Looking down lateral moraine after 1400M climb
Minapin Glacier with Diran Peak (7000M)
Diran Peak
Diran Peak (7000M)
Minapin Village
Karimabad
Baltit Fort
Altit Village
