In Hunza, we stay at a delightful place called the Old Hunza Inn. This is what our room looks like from the outside. It's the one at the end of the corridor.Our room is spartan but decently furnished. Nice embroidery adorn the walls. The blankets are very comfy.
Our room overlooks the valley. The view is panoramic and awesome.


As it was in Darjeeling, a mysterious fascination with school kids overcame us. Which is why we have so many photos of them. (Farhan and Jasper, it's next to impossible to take a proper photo of a Pakistani lady. It's comparable to taking photos of penguins at the North Pole. They don't appear in public and when they do they strongly object to having their photos taken. We don't want our hands chopped off so I can only take photos of schoolkids for you. I'm sure that when the girl below is of marriageable age, she'll look very pretty. Which should suit you just fine as you'll be hankering for young teenage girls then.
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In the morning, our host/guide, Leo, and his friend, Mumtaz, brought us to visit a local village. It is very old. The buildings have been preserved and a few families still live here. The old silk route between China and Pakistan used to pass through this village.

This is a local swimming pool/reservoir.


The walkways are narrow and short. Perfect for a CS Map.

Space is at a premium, so animals live in multi-storey accomodation. Just like we do in Singapore.
The village is recognised by Unesco as a historic settlement.
Example of a local dwelling.
The view from a rooftop, of local agriculture. Potatoes, wheat, vegetables and fruit are the main produce. They don't get enough water for rice cultivation here. And it's very mountainous, so arable land is scarce.
animal pens on the roof.
This is THE old silk route. Apparently, Marco Polo walked along these very streets.
And traders like him stayed in guesthouses like these.
Elgin gets into the mood of things and tethers himself to an animal hold, as horses and donkeys were back in the good old days.
Hunza River
Pakistan and China are very good friends. China is Pakistan's top trading partner.
We take a picture for posterity, nevermind that I'm not actually from China, but most everyone in Pakistan wouldn't know that.

After visiting the village we went to see some "sacred rocks". People from long ago carved strange things on them. Kids these days vandalise them. The results are quite indistinguishable.



Elgin thinks the carvings look like scorpions. I think they look like cats.
Flora along the Karakorum Highway. A cactus specimen.
Some plant that looks very pale and ill.
After the morning's exertions, Mumtaz invited us to his humble abode for tea and Hunza bread. Hunza bread has a very tough (but nice) crust and is soft on the inside. It crumbles in your hand and is very filling.
This is Leo.