Karakoram Highway: The High Road to China |
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... town as it has since 1442. Even after two millennia it's still just a big market town , from impromptu street - corner negotiations to the perpetual bazaars and the hotel - room deals with Gilgit traders . In other ways the past is ...
... town as it has since 1442. Even after two millennia it's still just a big market town , from impromptu street - corner negotiations to the perpetual bazaars and the hotel - room deals with Gilgit traders . In other ways the past is ...
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... town , his mother the Empress Dowager - perhaps worried about her son's emotional stability ordered Xiang Fei to commit suicide . Her body , according to legend , now rests here , and an old sedan chair in the mausoleum is said to be ...
... town , his mother the Empress Dowager - perhaps worried about her son's emotional stability ordered Xiang Fei to commit suicide . Her body , according to legend , now rests here , and an old sedan chair in the mausoleum is said to be ...
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... town ! around . A few drivers are always outside the Beyond Kashgar Seman and Chini Bagh , eager to take as much of your money as they can . Locals pay three or four mao from the Seman to town , five to the bus station , six or seven to ...
... town ! around . A few drivers are always outside the Beyond Kashgar Seman and Chini Bagh , eager to take as much of your money as they can . Locals pay three or four mao from the Seman to town , five to the bus station , six or seven to ...
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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