Ishkoman Valley
From the Blog odysseuslahori The jeep ride from Imit to Chatorkhand took two hours, where the last jeep for Ishkoman had left "five minutes ago". I found the fly blown tea shop and drank my tea with about two dozen men staring at me while they diligently scratched their crotches and between squirts of spit told each other that I was an Angrez. Then one of them ventured a tentative query (in English) to which I replied in Punjabi, which of course was not understood by anyone but which told them that I was not what they had imagined. "Allah be praised. Why didn't you tell us that you are a compatriot," cried the man. "You didn't ask," I said. "Have you come from Gilgit?" The inquisition got underway immediately. "No, I've come from Hunza." "Hunza?" he asked incredulously, "You can't reach Chatorkhand from Hpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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