A man from Gilgit Baltistan has made history by driving his vehicle in reverse gear from Tupopdon (Passu) to Shimshal, covering a tough 60-km track in just in four and a half hours.
Hunza
Crossing Attabad Lake on a ferry
The Attabad Lake was formed following a massive landslide in 2010, which buried 20 people beneath it and blocked the flow of River Hunza, creating a natural dam. The water has displaced thousands of people and inundated over 19 kilometres of the Karakoram Highway.
How people of Hunza remain slim smart and healthy throughout their lives’!
The land of Hunza was cut off from the rest of the world by high and snow capped mountains for a long time. As such it made it difficult for the world to cross such steep terrain into the valley ensuring it remained isolated from the world.