The beauty

I love the fact that we are surrounded by this spectacular natural beauty that routinely strikes us dead. Hikers walk off into the woods and are never seen again. And still we tug on our fleece and skip off into the wilderness, not a care in the world. Chelsea Cain

Earthday 2016

On Earth Day, we celebrate all the gifts the world and nature make available to us. We recognize our complete dependence on its bounty. And we acknowledge the need for good stewardship to preserve its fruits for future generations. John Hoeven

Dried apricots from Hunza valley

More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot and rose against a background of many shades of turquoise and azure.

Cecil Beaton

Welcome Spring

 “When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest. The only thing that could spoil a day was people and if you could keep from making engagements, each day had no limits. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.” 
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

The Hunza Valley

The sunlight

I decided to fly through the air and live in the sunlight and enjoy life as much as I could. Evel Knievel

Natural colours of Hunza Valley

The Water

This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is. Dennis Rodman

Whiteness of Blossoms and snow

Whiteness of blossoms from down to upwards, while snow whiteness from up to downwards in Hunza Valley welcoming the tourists around the world.

Deosai Lack at roof of the world

The kingdom

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more. Oscar Wilde

Heaven on Earth

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it. Jules Renard

Dangerous road, Skardu road

Natural Beauty of Hunza Valley

The destruction of the natural beauty, the ecosystems, and the majesty of mountains affect us in ways we're not even aware of. Every time a mountain is beheaded, we chop off a little part of our souls. Gloria Reuben



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Old citizens of Baltistan

The mighty Diran Peak seen from Karimabad Hunza

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery. John Ruskin

Hunza Valley is a treasure to know more.

Hunza was formerly a princely state bordering Uyghurstan also called Xinjiang (autonomous region of China) to the north-east and Pamir to the Northwest, which survived until 1974, when it was finally dissolved by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The state bordered the Gilgit Agency to the south and the former princely state of Nagar to the east. The state capital was the town of Baltit (also known as Karimabad); another old settlement is Ganish Village. Hunza was an independent principality for more than 900 years. The British gained control of Hunza and the neighbouring valley of Nagar between 1889 and 1892 through a military conquest. The then Mir/Tham (ruler) Mir Safdar Ali Khan of Hunza fled to Kashghar in China and sought what would now be called political asylum.
Hunza Valley is a treasure to know more.

Skardu Road and Arrival at Astak

Japanese Season in Hunza Valley is near to start. The significance of the cherry blossom tree in Japanese culture goes back hundreds of years. In their country, the cherry blossom represents the fragility and the beauty of life. It's a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that it is also tragically short. (Homaro Cantu)