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Shah Faisal Mosque
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Looking around the Shah Faisal Mosque
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One of the 88m tall minarets of the Shah Faisal Mosque
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Shah Faisal Mosque from Daman-e-Koh viewpoint
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Looking out across Islamabad from Daman-e-Koh viewpoint
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The Indus approaching Besham
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Typical village on the Karakoram Highway north of Besham
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Toby, Lindsay, Steve, Moeen, Jeff H and Luigi on the balcony of a roadside restaurant (Photo: Juliet Edwards)
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The Shangrila Indus View Hotel, Chilas
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The Indus view from the Shangrila Indus View
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Nanga Parbat (8125m), the 9th highest mountain in the world, from the Karakoram Highway north of Chilas
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Nanga Parbat towers above brown hills of the Indus valley
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A lower glacier of Rakaposhi (7789m), with the summit in cloud
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Modelling bakhol (Pakistani flat caps) in the shadow of Rakaposhi
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Clouds over Rakaposhi, seen from Karimabad
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The fertile valley of Hunza, with Rakaposhi in the distance
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A bearded goat takes a snack from a tree in Karimabad
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A man invites me into his house in Karimabad
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A tea break in Karimabad
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Looking across the Hunza River to Nagyr, with Diran and Rakaposhi behind
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Getting out and walking below the Khunjerab Pass
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A flooded area of road blocks the route up to Khunjerab Pass
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An overturned truck demonstrates the perils of driving too close to the edge
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After a brief risk assessment our coach passes through safely
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The border checkpoint at Khunjerab Pass
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Cold, windswept border with China at Khunjerab Pass (4730m)