Hunza Valley: Drive to China Border

Sunrise at Eagles Nest viewpoint near Karimabad

Hunza Peak and the Ladyfinger rock tower.

View over Hunza Valley and Rakaposhi from Eagles Nest.

Altit Fort and the Hunza River far below.

Rakaposhi, 7,788 meters high. It is the only peak on earth that descends directly and without interruption for almost 6,000 meters from its summit to its base

A large landslide in 2010 blocked the Hunza River and created Attabad Lake. Until the Chinese built several new tunnels the road was blocked for almost five years and traffic had to be barged across the lake.

Hussaini suspension bride near Gulmit has become a popular tourist attaction for Pakistani tourists.

Sayed with a friend of his who owns the Borith Lake resort.

The Hunza River was backed up all the way to Passu after the 2010 landslide, but Attabad Lake has been draining and leaving large mudflats.

Welcome to Pakistan. A pretty remote place.

Goats have been rounded up and are sorted by a group of women. Even though they are all muslim, Hunze women do not cover their faces like most of the women in Pakistan.

Early fall colors along the Hunza River.

The Rainbow Bridge, another attempt at creating a tourist atraction for Pakistanis.

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Keith AdamsWhat an incredible place! I got to that same checkpoint, or one very similar, in 1984.
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Rachel and Patrick HugensTo Keith AdamsIt must have been an adventure seeing this in 1984! Would love to see your pictures. The KKH is such a classic road to cycle, but we had mixed feelings about riding it these days.
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Keith AdamsTo Rachel and Patrick HugensIt was an adventure. I was doing the field work for my Master's degree, so it wasn't a cycling trip. My thesis advisor had a grant, and we therefore had a pickup truck and Pakustani driver to get us around. No way I'd EVER try cycling the KKH.

All my photos were 35 mm slides,but I have no idea where they've gotten to any more.
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