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Baltistan, Northern Pakistan

Baltistan is a remote and isolated area of Pakistan that has beautiful landscapes, yet is little know in the outside world.

In early August 2004 I spent a week in Baltistan with my family and saw some of its awesome mountain scenery. Starting with a spectacular flight on PIA we arrived in Skardu where we made our base. Then we continued to Deosai Plains, Shigar, Khaplu and Machlu.

It was an enchanting week that we will remember for long.

The Balti people were welcoming and friendly, at times not accepting our money for services because afterall "we were their guests". Such places are rare to find these days and deserve to be cherished.

Please read: "Three Cups of Tea" http://www.threecupsoftea.com/Intro.php
A Flight to Skardu
:: A Flight to Skardu :: 		Skardu and Kachura Lake
:: Skardu and Kachura Lake :: 		Deosai Plains, Land of the Giants, Baltistan
:: Deosai Plains, Land of the Giants, Baltistan ::
Shigar
:: Shigar :: 		A Window to Khaplu
:: A Window to Khaplu :: 		Machlu
:: Machlu ::

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mqh 25-Jan-2012 04:49
BALTISTAN IS THE MOST BEAUITIFUL AREA OF PAKISTAN SO I REQUEST MY ALL DEARS TO COME N ENJOY WITH FRIENDLY PEOPLES
M_ISMAIL 28-Dec-2011 16:32
its beautiful picture.
i miss beautiful baltistan..................
M_Ismail karachi
saqib raza 21-Dec-2011 05:50
salaammmmm batistan....
musarrat nawaz 19-Aug-2011 17:26
salam to all balti n glt? good working
Guest 19-Aug-2011 02:49
I lov my pakistan
Guest 06-Aug-2011 16:33
i love baltistan
Dil Gee, Sahil & Jani 06-Jul-2011 08:55
" A thing of Beauty is a Joy forever"............ ..........(Jhone Keats)
The Land of Beauty, The Land of Fairies,The Land of Snow covered Peaks, The Land of Romantic Lakes, The Land of Dreams, The Land of Purity, The Land of High Cultural Values, Peace and Love.
A Piece of Paradise on Earth.
The one and only...
"OUR BEAUTIFUL HOMELAND BEAUTIFUL BALTISTAN"
Ehsanullah Sermiki 24-Jun-2011 18:02
I love beautiful sites of baltistan
mhussain 21-Mar-2011 09:17
i lov my baltistan
NASEEM 16-Mar-2011 07:35
FANTASTIC WORK.WEL DONE.PLZ SEND KHAPLU PICS TO ME.
M.Ashraf Balti 06-Feb-2011 09:19
sb se khubsurat apna Baltistan
M.Husnain Shigri 21-Dec-2010 10:27
Zabardast.Sach mai jannat hai apna mulk.
Imtiaz ali wazir 17-Oct-2010 06:49
salaam to all balti people. wonderfull galleris and congratulation for the very professional and interesting images of our beautilful place baltistan.
I am live in KSA and i miss u so mauch my beuty baltistan spacialy my beuty velly Mehdi abad.
Muhammad Ibrahim Sermiki 14-Oct-2010 07:54
Salaam to all Balti,love u all my baltstanians
akhtar ali 13-Oct-2010 05:10
very good work
jia 10-Oct-2010 18:21
salaam its really nice to see the beauty of our area bt i will request u to put sum more photos specially deosai coz i love to see deosai.thnx its nice to see
Dr Shahid 15-May-2010 10:28
salam:I miss u so much my homeland ur beauty needs no comments i m sick of seing buildings and jammy traffic here in china so i use to see pictures of my marvellous baltistan . love u all my baltstanians.shahid hussAIN kharmang olding
asghar ali 09-May-2010 11:43
We proud to be baltistani just like a havens place
ali nasir 13-Dec-2009 20:01
salam to all my bro n sis i m really hapy toc dis sit plz wist us
Babu Zuhair 02-Nov-2009 16:15
Salam we are live in paradise.our place is very beautiful and liveable place.we are proud to baltistani.
Arif Hussain 16-Oct-2009 14:40
Salam BALTISTAN. These are the pics of the beauty of nature. These are the GOD gifted bestows for the world most Beautifull Place "the Paradise BALTISTAN". I pay thanks to all those whoever tries to explore the beauty and purity of BALTISTAN.
BALTIYONG LA NI SALAM
Muhammad Irfan 02-Oct-2009 11:47
Baltistan(baltiyul) is aland of beauty. The 11 2nd highest peaks ,lashing green lands of deosai and other plains are the Signs of Nature. Beautiful Baltistan missssss uuuuuuuuu...............
MUZZAMIL SHIGRI 21-Jul-2009 06:03
kasam khuda ki bara maza aaya.Aap ki collection top class ki ha.MARVELLOUS::::::::::
ALI MUHAMMAD 03-Jul-2009 09:19
Arif bhai beautiful Baltistan kay itnay achay tasvirain dikh kar bht khoshi hovi. Itnay achay taswirain bananay per app ka shokaria.
Rahma 02-Jan-2009 17:13
Kudos to G. Mortenson for sharing and enlightening us about this absolutely awesome beautiful part of the planet. So many lessons could be learned from Mortenson's experiences in Baltistan. These pictures do portray exactly the descriptions written.
Muhammad Hussain Shad 17-Dec-2008 09:34
Salam to all brothers these all pictures are beautifully, very nice photography I apprised those who r doing this .

Salam & Dua's
M Hussain Shad Baltistani
Guest 12-Jul-2008 20:52
I am another "Three Cups of Tea" reader and I thank you for these photos. It looks like a beautiful place and seems refreshingly clean of the garbage we humans have inflicted upon more populated places in the world.
Betty
MUHAMMAD ASLAM SHIGRI 28-Jun-2008 11:34
GREAT PERFORMANCE,GOOD TEAM WORK,BUT THE GALLERY CONTAINS LIMITED IMAGES.SHOULD HAVE IMAGES OF ALL PLACES OF BALTISTAN AND GILGIT.REALLY EXCELLENT.
Ateeq Ashraf Balghari 15-Jun-2008 17:49
Very good but its too little
Shirley 04-May-2008 22:43
I am also reading "Three Cups of Tea" and after only a few chapters finding myself wanting to see this beautiful 'undescribable" - country. Thises photos help to bring it alive - thank you so much for sharing - someday maybe I will be fortunate enough to see this myself- Aloha
judy 20-Apr-2008 10:56
Utterly incredible insight. Adds to Three Cups of Tea which I'm reading now. Thanks for showing these unique shots.
Debbie Wright-Prince 26-Dec-2007 23:34
I am currently reading THREE CUPS OF TEA which takes place in this part of Pakistan. Thank you for showing me what it really looks like.
K.A.Singge' 08-Feb-2007 07:01
Marvellous! You added a human face to the mountainous beauty of Baltiatan. I hope you would continue your work as an art. A gallary showing the new social changes would be a great contribution. Hoping for more!
Guest 05-Nov-2006 10:31
Wonderfull galleries presenting beautiful sceneries and interesting people. my mother and father is also from baltistan but i do not visit at baltistan because of my study in london god keep natural at next year i will be in baltistan?
Waqas Usman 01-Jun-2006 11:52
Salam!
I've added this gallery to this Topic on Northern Areas of Pakistan:
http://www.pbase.com/topics/waqas/northern_areas_of_pakistan

PS:
Arif, I haven't got a reply from you yet, but if you're reading these comments, I want to borrow some of your photos for wikipedia articles (low-res photos, attributed to you, not that I'm going to make money off your photos), just for promoting these places.
Waqas
Zakir Hussain 26-May-2005 10:49
Great Work. Congratulations for the very professional and interesting images of wonderful and beautiful places.
Guest 17-Oct-2004 16:07
Nice gallery. Like what you say in my gallery, we should cherish those orginal places with very kind people and pure children.
Piotr Siejka 07-Sep-2004 13:26
Wonderfull galleries presenting beautiful sceneries and interesting people.
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