one by one, our group split up again. first, tom left, then elias and matthieu, and finally jasper. only me and nika stayed for a couple more days. i had no choice, really, because i had to find out that our host and his kids had used my bike while i was gone and had somehow managed to break multiple spokes and jack up the derailleur and bend the luggage rack.
luckily, there was a bike shop (one of only two in the whole of gilgit-baltistan) whose owner fixed some of those problems, but made some others even worse. he did it for free though, so i can't complain. i realized that this was as good as it was going to get, so i packed my stuff, said goodbye to skardu and hopped on a bus back to gilgit. pretty crazy to cover the distance of four days worth of cycling in a couple of hours.Read more
PakistanAstana35°17’16” N 75°35’54” E
PakistanAstana35°17’16” N 75°35’54” E