An awesome, soul searching experience with breathtaking scenery. My travel experience through the Silk route,

1. In 14 DAYS

2. It Extends about 7000 miles
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3. It gets its name from traditional Chinese
Silk traders
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4. AND THIS WAS MY
TRAVEL ROUTE..
From here i started my journey !
SHANGHAI

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11. Next stop Urumqi !
A bone grilling 48 hours journey from
Shanghai, of which all tickets were booked
and i got a seating ticket =(
But soon I gave up my seat for an old lady standing next to me.

12. Crawled up in 2 by 4
foot space on a long
journey up north-
west China. Cannot
get any better than
this =)

13. The Journey was filled with amazing scenery. Here the
train passing by the . True to its name !

16. After a stay of one day in Urumqi I
was scheduled to take train for
Kashghar.
Everything was on time I set off for
train station an hour before.
Arrived at the station but LATE.
If it wasn’t for the heavy traffic I
would be on my way.
And next train is tomorrow.
Oops !

17. Wondering what to do I took out my
iphone and searched for a sight seeing
destination. And this is the place I
found.
Thank God I missed that train !

18. Heavenly Lake

20. It wasn’t allowed to swim here. But
it was irresistible. I jumped the
barbed wires for a dip and it was
heavenly to its core.

21. The next day I took train for
Kashghar. A 30 hours travel.

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26.  I left Kashgar after a
day of stay and took a
bus for Tashkurgun. On
my way, I made a stop
on a place called Lake
Karakul.
 It was real calm and
peaceful there. In the
night it was pitch dark
and the only thing
visible were Moon and
Stars.

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Mt. Muztagh Ata is no# 43 on the list of
highest mountains.

31.  From Lake Karakul I had to hire a car for
Tashkurgan county.

33. From Tashkurgan
Karakorum highway
connected China to
Pakistan via
Khujerab Pass.
I had to take a bus
ride to reach
Pakistani side of the
town called Sost, a
scenic 5 hours
journey.

34. Karakorum Highway

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Due to the difficult conditions in which highway was
constructed, it is also referred to as the "Eighth Wonder of the
World.

39. Now I reached the
Pakistani side of
town called Sost.
Here I had to go
through immigration
and customs.

40. From Sost town I took a van for further
travel. But before I reach Hunza Valley I
had to cross a lake which took surprising 2
hours to reach the other side. The Lake was
called Attabad Lake.

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The Lake was created in January 2010 by a landslide and
is up to 20 km long and 100 meters deep.

43. After I reached Hunza
valley. I had to stay
there for 2 nights due
to landslide resulting in
road blockage.
The stay was worth it.
The place of my stay at Hunza Valley

47. Hunza

49. After an 18
hours ride I
reached
Rawalpindi
from here I took
a Skyways Bus
to Lahore.
Pirwadhai Bus Station at RWP

51. From Lahore I booked my 3 hours flight to Ras-Al-Khaimah, UAE.

52. My Home…