The Hunza Valley: March 2016

Fairies are invisible and inaudible like angels. But their magic sparkles in nature. ~Lynn Holland

The fairy poet takes a sheet

Of moonbeam, silver white;

His ink is dew from daisies sweet,

His pen a point of light.

~Joyce Kilmer

Come away, O human child!

To the waters and the wild

With a faery hand in hand,

For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

~William Butler Yeats, "The Stolen Child"

Each fairy breath of summer, as it blows with loveliness, inspires the blushing rose. ~Author Unknown

The Realm of Fairy is a strange shadow land, lying just beyond the fields we know. ~Author Unknown

Wind chimes in your yard will serenade garden creatures — squirrels, fairies and angels. ~Author Unknown

Rush Lake 4400m, behand left Golden Peak, right Mulubating Peak. - Welcome to Gilgit Baltistan

The much renowned Hunza valley is often referred to as heaven on earth, enveloped in the grand Himalayas and the Karakoram mountain ranges, this place has been a great tourist attraction for many years

Apricots Blossoms are on full swing in Hunza Valley - Tourists' season has already started.... tourists from the whole world are welcomed.

Hunza is located at a distance of 100 kilometers from Gilgit. In early 1890s, the British embarked upon a mission to annex Hunza and Nagar, which is also known as the Hunza-Nagar Campaign.

British soldiers led by Colonel Durand occupied Nilt Fort in 1890. After that, they proceeded to the Baltit Fort, but faced heavy resistance.

The British gained complete control of Hunza and Nagar with little effort. Thereafter, the Mir of Hunza, Safdar Ali Khan along with his family, fled to Kashgar in China, and his brother Mir Muhammad Nazim Khan was made the new ruler of Hunza by the British.