After we've seen everything you could see at this time of the year (Rakaposhi base camps and other base camps were already closed unfortunately ;-) we made our way back to Gilgit. The hotel was about to shut down for winter anyway...
Unfortunately it took us the whole day to reach Gilgit as our driver was stuck in a mourning procession and came 3 hours late to pick us up. lucky on the other hand as it wouldn't have been fun to be stuck in something like this ourselves.
This week the shia muslims are mourning collectively which means in the case of Hunza people to meet up in one village, go to the mosque, catch up with each other, eat food and exchange news. As these are a lot of people it is inevitable to block the road which goes right through the villages...
So we had a lazy day highlighted by our very own "dinner in the dark" after we finally arrived in Gilgit, when power outage forced us to eat with headlamp... good that Germans are always so well prepared ;-)
The next day was grey and cold but we were eager to move, so we hiked up the mountain just behind the hotel following the water source coming from the mountain. It was not the great views anymore over here, but we enjoyed the fresh air and occasional company of goats, cows or donkeys. We passed a shepherd's hut surrounded by impressive rock walls that seemed to stick together without concrete or anything.
Further up 2 teenage boys joined us with the excuse to show us the way even though there was only one. We couldn't get rid of them, we tried to stop often, playing the old-lady-card but they would also sit down a few meters further up, only when Maryam told them that they scare the tourist (me), they left us in peace and we had a little picnic at a spot that we declared the peak for today.
We returned to the hotel in the afternoon and decided to walk through the town to find a nice restaurant for dinner. Unfortunately THIS walk turned out to be much longer, it was getting dark and walking along busy unlit roads where only every second car has headlights, let alone motorbikes and donkeys, was definitely not a good idea, not for a Pakistani and especially not for a Westerner. However, we found a restaurant (freezing cold, as usual so we kept our jackets on) and enjoyed a very yummy Mutton dish with fresh bread. The way back we better chose a taxi...
Unfortunately it took us the whole day to reach Gilgit as our driver was stuck in a mourning procession and came 3 hours late to pick us up. lucky on the other hand as it wouldn't have been fun to be stuck in something like this ourselves.
This week the shia muslims are mourning collectively which means in the case of Hunza people to meet up in one village, go to the mosque, catch up with each other, eat food and exchange news. As these are a lot of people it is inevitable to block the road which goes right through the villages...
So we had a lazy day highlighted by our very own "dinner in the dark" after we finally arrived in Gilgit, when power outage forced us to eat with headlamp... good that Germans are always so well prepared ;-)
The next day was grey and cold but we were eager to move, so we hiked up the mountain just behind the hotel following the water source coming from the mountain. It was not the great views anymore over here, but we enjoyed the fresh air and occasional company of goats, cows or donkeys. We passed a shepherd's hut surrounded by impressive rock walls that seemed to stick together without concrete or anything.
We returned to the hotel in the afternoon and decided to walk through the town to find a nice restaurant for dinner. Unfortunately THIS walk turned out to be much longer, it was getting dark and walking along busy unlit roads where only every second car has headlights, let alone motorbikes and donkeys, was definitely not a good idea, not for a Pakistani and especially not for a Westerner. However, we found a restaurant (freezing cold, as usual so we kept our jackets on) and enjoyed a very yummy Mutton dish with fresh bread. The way back we better chose a taxi...
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