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2006 Pakistan Trip: Expanding Horizons




Alright folks! My flights are booked and I am preparing for my trip now. I have purchased a new E-500 camera just for this trip to provide full 8 megapixel quality images here.

Locations:
Lahore
Islamabad
Karachi
Multan
Seetpur
Alipur
Gwadar
Skardu
Kaghan
Gilget
Rawalpindi
Murree
Ayubia
Abbottabad
Mansehra
Balakot
Shogran
Naran
Saif-ul-Malik lake
Lalosar lake
Chilas
Dudipatsar lake
Mahodand lake
Karumbar lake
Upper Kachura lake
Satpara Lake
Laila Peak
Kandol Lake
Byaal Camp
Deosai National Park
Shangrilla
Passu
Ansoo Lake
Banak Pass Karakoram
Shyok River
Fairy Meadows

Camera:
E-500
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/EV500/E500A.HTM


I will also make random stops elsewhere but this is the in the rock planning for this years trip.

Expect a crazy amount of Pictures as I take my external 40 gig hardrive and my laptop with me to take a infinite amount of pictures. Just imagine how signifigant this will be for Pakistan's image! Anyways, I will also require your help on this voyage that will help me travel throughout the country. Hopefully I will be even more enlightened than I was from last years trip.


Wish me luck and courage...

This area was hit by a strong earthquake that killed a entire generation of children while they were being educated. They were the future and now they are gone! 80,000 people vanished within 1 minute. 3 million were made homeless...Many died trying to survive the winter but now the summer has come and the tourist season has begun! I will see many foreigners this year because people are making a effort to travel to this area to get the tourism sector back on its feet. Wish me luck this is for a good cause!

Nothing can prepare me for what I am about to see!

I will travel through Kashmir and I will reach close to the border with China and Afghanistan. I will be accompanied by Captain Tahir of the Pakistani military.

I will pass by Balakot the hardest hit city....


The city has been leveled


Borat lake near Gilgit


Dudipatsar lake


Dudipatsar near Naran


Mahodand lake


Karumbar lake near Gilgit


Kachura lake near Skardu, Baltistan


Upper Kachura lake


Satpara Lake, Baltistan


Another view of Satpara Lake


I might meet some US Army soldiers who are working with the Pakistani army to hand out relief and rebuild.

This post has been edited by Chrisisamodder: Mar 13 2006, 10:13 PM

Just to show how safe this area is!

Every year Europeans ask the government to climb the peaks in the surronding area's! And the military trains in these parts so it is very very very safe!

take a look at the video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FDcXKqRcYkQ&search=PAKISTAN

You're going to need a bigger harddrive... j/k

Can't wait to see your pics, those ones you posted so far are really nice

Have fun on your trip and be safe

I like the one right above the bottom.

Have a good trip!

Bet you gonna enjoy yourself there then

Have fun

And yes currently the ones dispatched are the ones that voluntered to go. Including 95% of the Pakistanis in the military so it will be intresting to meet them and see their perspective. But the 2nd leg of the trip is to highlight the new port city that will take Dubai's position thanks to the oil hungry China and gas hungry India. It will also serve as a port for central asian nations. So the development of this port is required for many nations to perform well economically.

These pictures are nothing! Perhaps I will post more after I finish packing.

This post has been edited by Chrisisamodder: Mar 14 2006, 09:12 PM

Hi To everyone.
I have got some pictures of Pakistan.
I am intentionally not posting them in bigger size because of copyrights associated with the pictures.
ushu Valley

Lake Saif ul Malook

Makran Coastal Highway

Laila Peak

On going to Kandol Lake

Byaal Camp,Nanga Parbat

Deosai National Park
(Atlast Pakistan government take first step to preserve beauty)

Shangrilla