PAKISTAN

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 NB1 : all the pictures from this gallery were shot with a Digital Panasonic-Leica "Lumix", by both my friend Maxime PESCHAUD and me ! Thank you Maxime for your very nice pictures !

NB2 : There are MUCH MORE pictures of Pakistan, but internet connection was too slow there to upload them... So this gallery is to be completed by my Minolta pict as soon as I'm back home !)

LAHORE First contact with Pakistan urban... Crazy anarchic city with hard-hot weather, and temple of the Sufi mystical islamic music (very first pictures, wait for a best internet connection !)

KARAKORAM HIGHWAY : This road start from Rawalpindi and go to the chinese border, crossing the majestuous Himalaya. Local people call it the "heighth world wonder"... (very first pictures, wait for a best internet connection !)

GILGIT AND SUROUNDINGS : Capital city of the Northern areas and main stop on the Karakoram highway. This town is 1500m high, in a green valley surrounded by dry peaks (very first pictures, wait for a best internet connection !)

HUNZA VALLEY AND KARIMABAD : This mystical valley, where meet Karakoram mountains and Himalaya, has been rich and powerfull since centuries thanks to the very typical irrigation and water supplie technics. Enjoy the greenness of the valley and the incredibles scenes of over 7000m peaks and glaciers ! (very first pictures, wait for a best internet connection !)

GILGIT TO MASTUJ : a nice two-days jeep-trip, following an unpaved road wich go throw the so photogenic Shandur-pass(very first pictures, wait for a best internet connection !)