Hunza Valley – Pakistan Travel Blog https://www.pakistantravelblog.com Pakistan's No.1 Travel Blog Wed, 22 Jul 2020 14:41:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 Review: Wild Thyme Islamabad – Hunza Food https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/review-wild-thyme-hunza-food-in-islamabad/ https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/review-wild-thyme-hunza-food-in-islamabad/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2020 20:54:39 +0000 https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/?p=1370 Wild Thyme Islamabad is one of the capital’s very few specialty restaurants, serving Hunza-inspired contemporary cuisine. The surroundings are serene, the interior is cozy and the food is solid. It is the brainchild of Elizabeth, an American lady who lived in and consequently fell in love with the North of this country. She is warm, […]

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]]> https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/review-wild-thyme-hunza-food-in-islamabad/feed/ 1 Trip Report: Hunza Valley’s Ghulkin Glaciers https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/trip-report-hunza-valleys-ghulkin-glaciers/ https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/trip-report-hunza-valleys-ghulkin-glaciers/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2020 18:25:59 +0000 https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/?p=1196 The Hunza Valley is said to be the inspiration behind the mythical valley of Shangri-La in James Hilton’s 1933 novel ‘Lost Horizon.’ It’s really not hard to see why. Rehman is infamous in the Pakistan traveler network for hosting foreigners at his family’s home in Ghulkin, a small village in the Hunza Valley just 15 […]

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]]> https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/trip-report-hunza-valleys-ghulkin-glaciers/feed/ 0 How Shimshal Women Are Conquering Pakistan’s Epic Mountains https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/how-shimshal-women-are-conquering-pakistans-epic-mountains/ https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/how-shimshal-women-are-conquering-pakistans-epic-mountains/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2020 14:52:55 +0000 https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/?p=1189 In a remote village tucked away in Pakistan’s far north, a small group of women are breaking conventional barriers and overcoming all kinds of danger to conquer high altitude mountaineering expeditions. Hafiza Bano knows the dangers of high altitude mountaineering very well – avalanches, deadly blizzards, thin ice, crevasses. But for the 24-year-old, the lure […]

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]]> https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/how-shimshal-women-are-conquering-pakistans-epic-mountains/feed/ 0 Trip Report: Losing Ourselves in Hunza’s Passu Village https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/trip-report-losing-ourselves-in-hunzas-passu-village/ https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/trip-report-losing-ourselves-in-hunzas-passu-village/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2020 14:31:35 +0000 https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/?p=1180 Passu is a small isolated village, with just one shop, one cafe and a few hotels. It is dominated by the very photogenic 6100m high jagged peaks of the Cathedral Range. The locals speak Wakhi, the same as in the Tajikistan and Afghanistan Wakhan Valley, which we figured must literally be not far over the […]

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]]> https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/trip-report-losing-ourselves-in-hunzas-passu-village/feed/ 0 Top 10 Traditional Food of Hunza Valley https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/top-10-traditional-food-of-hunza-valley/ https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/top-10-traditional-food-of-hunza-valley/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2020 12:18:19 +0000 https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/?p=795 Hunza valley is one of the fascinating northern areas of Pakistan that is covered with snow-capped mountains and greenery. This beautiful valley is well-known for its attractiveness. The people who live in this valley are extremely friendly and hospitable. The languages that they frequently speak are Burushaski, Wakhi, and Shina, but they also have an […]

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