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We are Ollie and Lynette. We’ve been on the road, travelling this amazing world since 2014 and we’ve no intention of stopping! We've seen a lot of amazing things and had some great experiences. Here on this blog is where we would like to share some of our memories. Happy reading!

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We came back to Naltar Valley to hike to the famous lakes. Three weeks ago we were stopped in our tracks by heaps of snow.
We came back to Naltar Valley to hike to the famous lakes. Three weeks ago we were stopped in our tracks by heaps of snow.
The best views come after the hardest climbs.
Chapursan Valley lies at over 3,000m above sea level and connects to the Afghan Wakhan. The valley is accessed from Sost, the last town in Pakistan before the Khunjerab Pass, the highest paved international border crossing in the world (4,693m) that connects Pakistan to Western China. We stayed with a lovely local family in Chapursan and hiked as far into the valley as we were allowed to go. Our host was a very interesting man with a myriad of stories to tell. He'd hiked many a time into Tajikistan via Afghanistan, making great loops over staggering mountain passes with his yak. He has many friends and family over the border and told us how traders from Central Asia and Afghanistan still come to this far flung corner of Pakistan to trade goods and animals, just as they did in times long past. Borders have tightened dramatically in the last 15 years, so unfortunately it's not now possible for foreigners to have such adventures, at least not from the Pakistani side. There is, however, still a festival held every summer at the Baba Ghundi shrine, where foreigners are currently stopped, where it's possible to meet some of the herdsmen who brave the high passes to reach Pakistan.
One of the remotest corners of Pakistan. Shimshal Valley.
Whilst staying in Shimshal Valley we did a day hike to Yazghil Glacier. On the way to this viewpoint we passed numerous glacial lakes. This last one was the bluest of them all.
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