View over the Hunza valley and Karimabad from the Eagles Nest Hotel in Duikar


Hunza is in the far north of Pakistan and lies on the route of the Karakoram Highway that connects China to Pakistan The people here are Ishmaili and this was once thought to be Shangri la This picture was taken in July 2005 as the sun set over the valley lighting the irrigated green fields where crops are grown Looking east towards the distant snow capped peak of Rakaposhi


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