Nerve wrecking moments
Cricket is without a doubt the number one sport in Pakistan. But in gilgit, cricket has competition. Polo is the sport of the Himalaya and everywhere you walk you see children playing with selfmade polo sticks. The older men play…
Gilgit to Hunza
As you leave Gilgit for Hunza there is a route that can take you past an enormous suspension bridge. After the excitement of the day before we were up for it! To cross the river next to gilgit a small…
Waiting for the Japanese Ambassador
Sweating is not what we expected. But when we wake up and the sun is shining on our room and we are still tucked in our sleeping bags, this is what we do. The weather is changing by the minute.…
Stonethrowing kids
Karimabad is famous for it¡¯s Baltit palace or fortress. As we waisted our time waiting for the Japanese ambassador the day before, we start climbing early in the morning. The weather has changed in our favor as the dark clouds…
Invited by the Major of Gulmit
As our experience with the silk route festival in Karimabad was slightly dissapointing we have difficulties saying we are not interested. But the friendly owner of the gulmit tourist inn keeps persuading us to visit their silk route festival. We…
What a wonderful world
The karakoram range is the perfect playground for mountaineers, hikers, bikers, cyclists and 4wd lovers. We are heading to the top of the passuglacier after parking the car in Passu. This time we take a higher path that will lead…
A personal benny
A personal Benny! We have been asked by many travellers and overlanders how we arranged a permit for driving China. Well from our experience we can say it wasn¡¯t easy. We tried to obtain one via the CITS, the Chinese…
Driving into China
The last stage of the Karakoram Highway will lead us to the last but biggest country of all, China!! We are looking forward to China but have to cross one major obstacle first. The obstacle is the highest part of…
Sweet and Spicy China
Our first chinese experience starts at breakfast. Jason, our Chinese guide has told us that the restaurant serves bread, eggs and porridge. Vely good bleakfast. We are looking forward to a nice continental sweet breakfast and sit down on one…
Lord of the ringtones
We haven¡¯t had the opportunity to update the website and are glad to find an internetcafe round the corner from our hotel. But then the computer have no diskdrive and we still can¡¯t update the site. Mmmmh… bummer. Lot¡¯s of…
From Amersfoort to Beijing