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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

So far away


Khunjerab-Pass, elevation 4693 metres (15397 ft), border Pakistan - China, May 2009

We crossed the Khunjerab-Pass by bus on our way from Islamabad to Bejing. It took us around two days from Gilgit in Pakistan to Kashgar in China. The Karakorum Highway is a road permanent under construction and only passable between May and November. We got stuck at a landslide for some hours. This mountains are really far way.

From Wikipedia: Khunjerab Pass is a high mountain pass in the Karakorum Mountains on the northern border of Gilgit-Baltistan and the Xinjiang Autonmous Region of China. The highest paved border crossing in the world and the highest point on the Karakoram Highway.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Heya Carola,
Ich kannte den Blog doch nicht...nur die nomadenaufzeit.de Seite...

...als ich die entdeckt hatte damals, war ich schwer beeindruckt...
Familie alles fein? Alles ok gewesen auf dem Rhein??

Ich erzaehle vielen, die mutlos mit Kindern zu Hause sitzen, von Euch...

Bei uns ist jetzt erst mal Indien dran ...irgendwelche Tips fuer dort von Euch "Reise-Experten"?? :)

Bis bald,
Sanne

sarahinsouthkorea said...

I think reading your blog will delay my paper submission!

Addictive!
Simple hence beautiful!