Fluidr / yhila's "Trip to Northern Pakistan 1991" set

Green landscape near Abbottabad in Pakistan

N 16 B 1.3K C 0 E Jul 21, 1991 F Dec 18, 2019

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View from National Road 35 a.c.a. Karakoram Highway. The road connects Pakistan with Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China.
Scenic Abbottabad is the place where Usama bin Laden was found and killed by US Navy SEALs. He may have chosen Abbottabad for its scenic beauty.

Tags: landscape Hazara Division Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa North West Frontier Province

Rice terrace near Thakot

N 125 B 5.6K C 6 E Jul 21, 1991 F Dec 18, 2019

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Karakoram Highway meets Indus River near the location of this photo.

Tags: landscape rice Hazara Division Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa North West Frontier Province

Muddy Indus and its blue tributary

N 123 B 4.9K C 8 E Jul 21, 1991 F Dec 18, 2019

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After Thakot, Karakoram Highway is aligned parallel to Indus River up to Gilgit. It is a view from Karakoram Highway.

Tags: mountain river Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa North West Frontier Province

Deep gorge of Indus

N 13 B 477 C 1 E Jul 21, 1991 F Dec 19, 2019

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The more you proceed upstream of Indus, the more arid the landscape becomes.

Tags: river topography Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa North West Frontier Province

Kargah Buddha - rock carving in Gilgit

N 15 B 585 C 0 E Jul 21, 1991 F Dec 19, 2019

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Gilgit used to be a centre of Buddhism. The rock carving was made in the 7th century AD.

Tags: archaeology faith rock Pakistan Northern Areas Gilgit Baltistan