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Welcome to Karakoram Highway
the ‘high land’ of peace, love and
joy …
The
Karakoram Highway (KKH)
is a branch of an ancient network of trade routes known as the
Silk Route. During the 1960s and ‘70s Pakistan and China
collaborated in building a road across the mountains via the
4,730m Khunjerab Pass, to connect the Silk Route oasis of
Kashgar in north-west China, with Islamabad, the capital of
Pakistan.
In this geological ‘collision zone’ of the Indian and Asian
continents, the great ranges of the Pamir, Kunlun, Hindukush,
Karakoram and Himalayas converge, as do the cultures of China,
Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is also home to a wide
and unique range of flora and fauna, including the legendary
snow leopard and Marco Polo sheep.
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Pakistan is a land of
unmatched balanced masterpiece of God, as it is a unique blend
of impressive landscape, towering mountain peaks, deep gorges,
cascading waterfalls, creeping glaciers, quite lakes &
meandering rivers.
These facts of nature lie in
the beautiful valleys of Pakistan, waiting to be explored and
appreciated - presenting an aura of peace and tranquility. While
visiting these valleys, one feels captivated by the bewitching
surroundings & meandering rivers.
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