night bus to gilgit

this bus was not it. apart from a nice breakfast stop, i couldn't really move or sleep for twenty hours, my headphones were broken and the road was atrocious. nonetheless, as the sun came up, at least the views made up for it. the road up to the mountain city of gilgit is one of the most scenic ones in the world, shame we had to do it by night bus, but we had to, otherwise we would've gotten another police escort and that was not in the books for us. later i found out that we actually passed right through abbottabad, the place where osama bin laden was killed 13 years ago.

we were now on the kkh, the infamous karakorum highway, and everything you hear about it is true. straight rock wall to your left, straight 300m drop to your right. as scary as it is, especially considering the pakistani driving style, it's beyond beautiful though. just the place to go for a little bike ride.Læs mere