Guest Post: The Ucchali Lake Complex

Posted on July 23, 2006
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By S A J Shirazi The twin villages Ucchali and Dhadhar are the place to be for those who seek happiness in being close to the raw nature and to find the most alluring and fascinating places off the beaten track. To travel as a person interested in nature (as if there were other ways […]

Guest Post: Astola Island

Posted on July 16, 2006
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By S A J Shirazi About 25 kilometres south of Balochistan coast, Astola–the largest island in Pakistan–is six kilometres in length and administratively comes under Pasni subdivision of Gwadar district. Flying over Astola Island my first sight of the Island and the speed boat anchored in a bay far below quite took my breath. Pointing […]

Guest Post: Adventures up the Silk Road

Posted on July 11, 2006
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By S A J Shirazi The souls that pave the way for the modern tarmac road known as the Karakorum Highway (KKH) still seem to flicker amongst the sharp moving shadows of the unstable rocks and the almost countless but crumbly semi-transparent glaciers that constantly threaten its existence. There has always been a long pass […]

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