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... bridge ( the ruins are still visible nearby ) , which was then replaced by the ' permanently temporary ' girder bridge . There are also two jeep bridges across the Hunza River , one for access to the other side and one to complete a KKH ...
... bridge ( the ruins are still visible nearby ) , which was then replaced by the ' permanently temporary ' girder bridge . There are also two jeep bridges across the Hunza River , one for access to the other side and one to complete a KKH ...
Page 91
... bridge is about an hour downstream , with no obvious trail . The bridge is just a cluster of steel cables with planks and branches woven in , and it's hair- raising to cross on a windy day . On the far side the trail forks at a pile of ...
... bridge is about an hour downstream , with no obvious trail . The bridge is just a cluster of steel cables with planks and branches woven in , and it's hair- raising to cross on a windy day . On the far side the trail forks at a pile of ...
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... bridge in the middle of town . Arriving buses stop at either the govern- ment or general bus stand , both about 100 to 200 metres from the bridge on Abbottabad Rd . Some long - distance buses only stop on the KKH near the Ashoka Rocks ...
... bridge in the middle of town . Arriving buses stop at either the govern- ment or general bus stand , both about 100 to 200 metres from the bridge on Abbottabad Rd . Some long - distance buses only stop on the KKH near the Ashoka Rocks ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
FACTS ABOUT THE REGION The Karakoram Highway 10 History 12 Geography 17 | 17 |
FACTS FOR THE VISITOR Visas Permits Regulations 28 Embassies 31 Customs | 48 |
Copyright | |
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Aabpara Abbottabad Aga Khan Airport Babusar Balakot Baltit Baltit Fort Bank Rd Batura Besham bridge bus stand buses cafes canyon Centre Chalt Chaprot Chilas China Chinese Chowk Cinema climb Dasu east foreigners Ganesh Gilgit Glacier Gojal Gulmit Havelian highway Hong Kong Hospital Hunza River India Islamabad Ismaili Jamat Khana jeep road Kaghan Valley Karakoram Karimabad Kashgar Kashmir Kashmir Rd Khunjerab Pass Kohistan Komila Mansehra Market metres Mosque mountain Murree Murree Rd Muslim Nagar Nala Nanga Parbat NAPWD Rest House Naran NATCO Northern Areas Pakistan Pamir passenger Suzuki Passu Pattan Peak Pir Wadhai Pirali Places to Stay police PTDC Rajah Bazaar Rakaposhi Rawalpindi Saddar Saddar Bazaar Shia shops side Silk Road Skardu summer Sust Swat Tashkurghan Taxila There's ticket Tourist town travellers treks trip Urdu Urumqi Uyghur View Hotel village visa wagons walk Xinjiang