Marie & Emma's Travel Journal
We are currently in Xinjiang Province, China (with some Pakistan blog posts still to come)
We were woken at 5am by water gushing out of the tap. All the hotels had had water issues and amid many apologies our bathroom bucket had been being filled for us with big bottles of water. The water in Karimabad comes from the glaciers so it is black/grey. The normal water had come back … More Peaceful Gulmit
We’d planned to be up early to catch a minibus to Karimabad, a 3 hour journey, we really didn’t fancy suffering it in the heat. It was another hot night, we’d tried to keep our room as cool as we could by using our sarongs as curtains, that helped but the air temperature just wasn’t … More Mountains and Forts – Karimabad
The journey from Rama Lake back to Gilgit can best be described as stinking hot. We suffered for the lack of A/C. The scenery was stunning, again following a rough road by a river through a big gorge until eventually opening up as we rejoined the Karakoram Highway. Kabluie’s slow driving for the 4th day … More Back to Gilgit
