Hello from Karimabad,Hunza,northern Pakistan.Home to seven of the highest peaks in the world.Of those i have seen Rakaposhi (7788m),Nanga Parbat (8126m) and Lady's finger.Arrived here the 6th and so enjoying a welcome break from the truck to go treking in the foothills of the local area.Left Peshawar Monday 4th,was pleased to be leaving the heat,noise and smell of the city behind.Before we left we did travel along the Kyber pass which is through the bandit ar...

Well hello from Pakistan everyone, What a country and oh what an experience! Currently in Peshawar in the north west,we have now entered tribal lands and are currently under the watchful eye of the local police from each area we pass through,i'm not terribly certain of how much they wants us visiting their country. Mixed response really from the locals but no bad experiences as yet.Can now be a little less strict with wearing concealing clothing but still have a...

Yazd, Central IranArrived into town about 8a.m the place is a little deserted of any kind of life.Today is Friday and is a day of praying so i'm persuming everyone is saying their prays before work today and probably that will not begin until the afternoon here due to the heat that is already rising so early in the morning.Even by my standards it's warm.I left you rather abruptly last time,i will return to up-date my last blog entry.A quick taxi into town...

Hello thereCurrently in the desert city of Esfahan,Iran.Have now been in Iran just over a week but let me tell you first all about whats happened since i left off at my last blog entry.So i was in Dogubayazit,eastern Turkey close to the border.After i left the internet shop we had very heavy rainfall.A small river started to flow in the streets so we thought it wise to get a taxi home,i think on this occassion there was six of us in the car we failed to see the w...

Hello there from DogubayazitWell,i think i've reached Eastern Turkey now,living here is primitive and basic but i'm coping fine,have got over the whole toilet demise from pedistal to squatter and now looking forward to Iran.Staying at a place called Murat camping which overlooks Mount Ararat,the highest mountain in Turkey,amazing to see unfortunately will not be climbing it.I did meet the guy that owns the campsite,his name is Siam Sahin,he claims to have...