The Northern Areas of Pakistan are truly magnificent in their beauty ranging from majestic mountains that kiss the sky, enchanting valleys, and fascinating terrain with forests, rivers, and glaciers. These remote areas exhibit a tranquil sense of magic with the absence of commercialization and an ethnic culture relatively unchanged by modernity. This volume presents an account as well as a guide to travelling in the Northern Areas for the inexperienced as well as the seasoned traveller. The author writes about trekking, accommodation, food, landscape and the overall travelling conditions. This is an excellent guide to the traveller on a budget of 20-30 dollars a day and is useful as a backpacker tool. The book is both a travelogue, detailing a series of journeys, as well as a guide and is essential for anyone interested in this untarnished region. Historical and social information is provided along with a key that designates precise distances and security conditions. Thirty-three photographs showing the splendour of the Karakorams and the Western Himalayas are included.
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Tahir Jahangir was born in 1945 in Faisalabad. He went to Aitchison College from where he did his A Levels, winning the Churchill Medal for the best student of the year. He graduated with a Tripos in Economics from Clare College, University of Cambridge, in 1967. He runs his own business, Hala Enterprises Ltd. in Lahore, and has been elected as the Chairman of the Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan thrice. His hobby is travel and landscape photography. He has been writing about his travels in The Friday Times, a weekly magazine published from Lahore.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
More of a travel journal than a guide,
This review is from: A Travel Companion to the Northern Areas of Pakistan (Hardcover)
The thing is if you are traveling to this part of the world then you need all the information out there. I will consider this as one of the important books you may need to buy. But this alone is not suffice. It is rather be called a traveling journal with some brief detail about the area and approach. But reading this book is not a waste of time, you may gain some information which you may not find in any other place.
I will highly recommend using Lonely Planet's second edition of Trekking to Korakaram & Hindukush as your primary source.
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Almost all essentials can be bought in the cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, where most journeys to the Northern Areas begin. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
polo festival, forest rest house, main bazaar, jeep track, forest department Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nanga Parbat, Karakoram Highway, Fairy Meadows, Neelam Valley, Swat Valley, Saiful Maluk, Malam Jabba, Mian Dam, Nathia Gali, Bairun Gali, Chitral Valley, River Kunhar, Afghan War, Garam Chashma, Gilgit Valley, Lor Khan, Khunjerab Pass, Kiran Rest House, Miranjani Top, Noori Top, Rama Lake, Shandur Pass, Swat River, Azad Kashmir, Babusar Top New!
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Almost all essentials can be bought in the cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, where most journeys to the Northern Areas begin. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
polo festival, forest rest house, main bazaar, jeep track, forest department Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nanga Parbat, Karakoram Highway, Fairy Meadows, Neelam Valley, Swat Valley, Saiful Maluk, Malam Jabba, Mian Dam, Nathia Gali, Bairun Gali, Chitral Valley, River Kunhar, Afghan War, Garam Chashma, Gilgit Valley, Lor Khan, Khunjerab Pass, Kiran Rest House, Miranjani Top, Noori Top, Rama Lake, Shandur Pass, Swat River, Azad Kashmir, Babusar Top New!
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