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4x4 RIDE UP THE KHUNJERAB

 

By Daniyal Qureshi, on 01-05-2008 11:44

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kunierah_top.jpgMy extreme holiday was a 2 week trip in 1999 to Khunjerab Top, famous as the highest ‘drivable’ international border crossing in the world – between China and PakistanAt 16,000 feet, this plateau is extreme in both temperature and terrain, and the fantastic landscape and thin air literally takes your breath away.

 

The journey to this border encompasses one of the most impressive mountain sceneries in the world (with 30 peaks soaring over 24,000 feet) and tests your endurance as you drive on dirt tracks through the ancient Silk Route.

  

Mudslides and landslides are common and sudden – and the road is flanked by some of the world’s highest peaks on one side and rivers thousands of feet below on the other. The road is just wide enough for two 4x4s to scrape past one another and needless to say, there is no speeding, overtaking or u-turns on this route.





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