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	Karakorum 2007 - Geographie
		Au Nord-Est, le fleuve Indus, tantôt impétueux, tantôt serein, sépare l'Himalaya du Karakorum.
		Le Karakorum est l’une des plus puissantes chaînes montagneuses du monde et une des plus hautes (3800 mètres d’altitude moyenne).
		L’accès au Karakoram se fait par la route du Karakorum (Karakoram Highway), ou Route de l’amitié pour les Chinois.
	www.karakorum2007.com /gengeographie.html (619 words)

	Karakorum Highway Info
		More than five hundred life buried under this marvelous road which is known all over the world for its beauty and variation in terrain and culture.
		The highway runs along the river Indus and later continuos to Gilgit and Hunza valleys.
		There are niece PTDC motels on main points and cities of the Highway A typical tour will take you from Islamabad to Besham overnight at PTDC motel Besham located on the Bank of Indus river.
	tours.hypermart.net /pakistan/kkh.htm (232 words)

	Karakorum Highway Encyclopedia Information @ AlienArtifacts.com (Alien Artifacts) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Karakoram Highway, also known as the Friendship Highway in China, was built by the governments of Pakistan and China, and was completed in 1986, after 20 years of construction.
		The Karakoram Highway in the Xinjiang region of China.
		The highway, connecting the Northern Areas of Pakistan to the ancient Silk Road, runs approximately 1,300 km from Kashgar, a city in the Xinjiang region of China, to Havelian, located in the Abbottabad District of Pakistan.
	www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Karakorum_highway (1427 words)

	Karakorum highway Hotel Pakistan
		More than five hundred lives are buried under this marvelous road which is known all over the world for its beauty and variation in terrain and culture.
		The highway runs along the river Indus and later continuos to Gilgit and Hunza valleys.
		There are nice PTDC motels on main points and cities of the Highway A typical tour will take you from Islamabad to Besham overnight at PTDC motel Besham located on the Bank of Indus river.
	www.travel-culture.com /pakistan/kkh.shtml (313 words)

	Pilot Guides.com: Cycling the Karakorum Highway
		A shaman communicates with the fairies in a village close to the Karakoram Highway.
		The Karakoram is the highest highway in the world.
		Linking Pakistan with China, it took 30 years to build and is truly one of the greatest feats of engineering since the Pyramids.
	www.pilotguides.com /destination_guide/asia/pakistan/cycling_the_karakorum_highway.php (313 words)

	Pakistan Travel Web > Destinations > Mountains & Valleys > Karakoram Highway
		The Karakoram Highway or KKH in short, is the greatest wonder of modern Pakistan.
		The highway is an incredible feat of Engineering and enduring monuments to the 810 Pakistanis and 82 Chinese who died forcing it through what is probably the world's most difficult and unstable terrain.
		The highway then leaves the Indus for Gilgit, Hunza and Khunjerab rivers to take on the Karakoram Range, which boat 12 of the 30 highest mountains in the world.
	travel.web.pk /destinations/mountains_valleys/karakorum_highway.asp (897 words)

	Karakorum Highway: la strada più audace mai costruita
		Karakorum Highway: la strada più audace mai costruita
		KKH, Karakorum Highway: solo il nome già impressiona.
		Così nacque la Karakorum Highway, un progetto che impiegò 20 anni per realizzare e che pagò la tragica fattura di un lavoratore morto per ogni chilometro costruito.
	it.qsbd.com /fotocamere-digitali/notizia/karakorum-highway-kkh,2205.html (1159 words)

	Karakorum Highway China and Pakistan
		The Karakorum highway is expected to open as usual to tourist traffic when the snows melt, in April.
		The afternoon is free to wander in the Hunza valley.
		Hunza/Gilgit/Chilas: Driving on the Karakorum Highway with its majestic scenery we reach the ancient Silk Road town of Gilgit.
	www.gaiatravel.com /silkroad/karakorum_highway.html (1021 words)

	K2 climb - K2 and Karakorum by climbers, news
		K2 climb - K2 and Karakorum by climbers, news
		There has been significant pressure on the MOT this year from vested interests within the airline, tourism and hospitality sectors within Pakistan, to maintain the stimulus provided by last seasons K2 50th anniversary celebrations, and subsequent record visitor numbers.
		With Nepalese inbound visitor numbers in freefall, and Pakistan enjoying a safe and stable political enviroment, combined with the flow on effect of some 6000 trekkers and climbers that went into the Karakorum last season, it
	www.k2climb.net /story/stories/KarakorumclimbingpermitSaletocontinueFeb252005.shtml (478 words)

	:: Blue Bandana Expeditions :: Active Adventures in Mongolia ::
		Beijing - Kazakhstan - Karakorum Highway - North Korea
		Karakorum Highway (KKH) – the cyclists dream: Cycling this infamous highway, linking the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar in western China with Gilgit in Northern Pakistan is any bikers dream.
		This sealed road winds through the Taklamakan dessert, the Pamirs and the high peaks of the Karakorum.
	www.activemongolia.com /files/other_destinations_in_asia.htm (305 words)

	Pakistani Culture Pakistani Pictures Pakistani Language
		Hunza is a small town on Karakorum Highway.
		The first village as you come from Gilgit on the main Karakorum Highway is Aliabad.
		It is a spectacular journey through some of the most interesting villages of Karakorum Highway.
	www.paktaste.com /travel_pakistan/hunza.htm (564 words)

	The Silk Road through Pakistan - traveling the Karakorum Highway in Pakistan PSA Journal - Find Articles
		Once you have traveled the Karakorum Highway through Pakistan you understand why it is often described as the 8th World's Wonder.
		The highway is linked by 24 major bridges and about 70 smaller ones, all showing the Chinese influence with their cement railings and posts decorated with stone lion's heads.
		This wild primitive land is at the mercy of the whims and vagaries of nature and this supposedly all-weather highway with its many bridges is subject to landslides, avalanches, and blockages from shifting glaciers.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1306/is_n3_v63/ai_19241580 (887 words)

	Alan Arnette: Karakorum Highway
		The highway is a never-ending series of sharp turns, blind corners, steep climbs and narrow escapes.
		This part of the culture was evident with men sitting on the streets and working on the highways but very rarely we saw a woman working in a field or looking out a door.
		While cars, busses and trucks crowd the highway, it is the people and the land that define the Karakorum highway.
	everytrail.net /blog/alan/2006/06/karakorum_highway.php (916 words)

	Pakistan Information (Site not responding. Last check: )
		THE KARAKORUM HIGHWAY : In the 1960 and 1970s the Pakistan and Chinese authorities jointly built an asphalt road between Rawalpindi and Islamabad (Pakistan) and Kashgar (Xinjiang province in China).
		This unique highway follows the ancient silk road (see China section) over a breathtaking knot of mountain ranges that incorporates the Karakorum, Pamir, Kunlun, Hindukush, and Himalaya mountains.
		Today the highway is popular with tourists wishing to cycle or trek its length but is still used by hajis (Muslims making a pilgrimage to Mecca).
	www.asia-planet.net /pakistan/region-cities.htm (939 words)

	worldsurface.com - sustainable tourism for backpackers and independent travellers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I was dizzy with excitement as I swerved along the Karakorum Highway from Islamabad.
		The highway ahead was blocked by a massive landslide.
		Though of great concern to MY traveller's schedule, this was routine life on the Karakorum Highway.
	www.worldsurface.com /browse/entry.asp?entryid=879 (415 words)

	Definition of Karakorum highway
		The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is the highest international road in the world.
		It connects China to Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain ranges, through the Khunjerab pass at an estimated altitude of 4850 meters.
		The highway runs about 1,200 km from Kashgar, China to Havelian in the Abbottabad District of Pakistan.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Karakorum_highway (299 words)

	Nanga Parbat
		Northface of Rakaposhi (7788 m) seen from the Karakorum Highway in the Hunza valley.
		Unlike in the alps where all major elevations are described by their name and altitude, only the main summits are named in the Himalaya and Karakorum mountains although they are often independent mountains.
		Between 2500m and 3500m forests and meadows are common in the Karakorum and Nanga Parbat area.
	www.bergdias.de /nanga/nan.htm (821 words)

	THE AREA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This marvellous road is known all over the world for its beauty and variation in terrain.
		The highway runs along the river Indus and later continues to Gilgit and Hunza valleys.
		Karakorum : The Area : Tour 1 : Tour 2: Related Links : What do you think
	website.lineone.net /~wildexciting/page2.html (154 words)

	Karakoram highway Pakistan, Tour in Pakistan, Karakoram ranges Pakistan
		Pakistan is the traditional and historic gateway to India, and succeeding waves of invaders came down from Asia to conquer the rich plains of the subcontinent.
		Journeying along the famous Karakorum Highway, through truly awe-inspiring scenery, you shall discover not only great ancient sites, but also experience something of the lives of contemporary peoples in this remote frontier region.
		This part of the Karakorum Highway follows part of the ancient Silk Road and the Hunza River, winding through some truly spectacular scenery with panoramic views of snow-covered peaks, steep mountain slopes and lush green valley floors.
	www.classicasiatravel.com /pakistan/tour_packages_in_pakistan/karakoram_highway.php (1081 words)

	Karakorum Highway: la carretera más audaz jamás construida
		KKH, Karakorum Highway: sólo el nombre ya impresiona.
		Así nació la Karakorum Highway, un proyecto que costó 20 años realizar y que pagó la trágica factura de un trabajador muerto por cada kilómetro construido.
		Karakorum Highway: el peligroso camino hacia la ciudad de Shangri Lá
	www.quesabesde.com /noticias/Karakorum-Highway-KKH,1_2205 (1246 words)

	Karakorum - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Karakorum or Karakoram, mountain range, extending c.300 mi (480 km), between the Indus and Yarkant rivers, N Kashmir, S central Asia; SE extension of the Hindu Kush.
		Karakorum's main range has some of the world's highest peaks, including K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen; 28,250 ft/8,611 m), the second highest peak in the world.
		Karakorum also has several of the world's largest glaciers.
	www.highbeam.com /ref/doc0.asp?docid=1E1:KarakorMt (115 words)

	Culture - Karakorum Explorers
		An exciting overland journey from Islamabad over Karakorum Highway to Hunza Valley and Khunjerab Pass, then over the scenic Shangla Pass to the fertile Swat valley.
		As you travel on Karakorum Highway, reputed as eighth wonder of the world, you enjoy fascinating views of challenging peaks rising above 7,000 meters.
		Moenjodaro and Harapa are the world’s oldest Civilizations dating as for back as 2000 BC and it is preceded in age only by the Egyptian and Mesopotamian.
	www.karakorumexplorers.com.pk /Culture.htm (3922 words)

	WWW.TRAVELLER.PL- Polski Bank Fotografii Podrózniczej i Przewodnik Internetowy
		W takich "hotelach" pi siê w czasie podró¿y Karakorum Highway z Kaszgaru w Chinach do Pakistanu.
		Krajobraz widziany z prze³êczy podczas postoju autobusu na Karakorum Highway.
		Karakorum Highway nie jest mo¿e autostrad¹ w pe³ni tego s³owa znaczeniu, ale widoki za oknem rekompensuj¹ ca³kowicie drobne niewygody podró¿y.
	www.traveller.pl /Pakistan/pakistan.htm (297 words)

	K2 and Broad Peak in 2006
		It is the highest highway in the world.
		This is where all Karakorum expeditions to Nanga Parbart, Gasherbrums, Broad, K2 Trango or other climbing spots spend the night and arrange for porters to haul their gear up the Baltoro Glacier.
		In 2005, climbers made little progress on any mountain in the Karakorum due to one of the worst snow years in memory.
	www.alanarnette.com /alan/karakorum.htm (4042 words)

	Tibet to Kathmandu
		When I reached 30, I wanted to give a final kick in the ass and go on a grand trip, something I had dreamed about for years and years.
		It was time to ride the Karakorum Highway, the southern branch of the Silk Road between Kashgar, China, and Islamabad, Pakistan.
		The scenery along the Karakorum Highway was way better than expected, with the Taklamakan Desert in the north and the Karakorum Range in the South.
	www.jealousmonk.com /old/china/karakorum.htm (428 words)

	Self-help school construction
		The Northern Areas and Chitral in the extreme north of Pakistan are characterized by very poor communications with the rest of the country.
		Until the construction of the Karakorum Highway which connects Pakistan with China through the Khunjarab pass, there was no all-weather link.
		The construction of the Karakorum Highway has transformed life along its length, opening up the area to outside influence.
	www.serd.ait.ac.th /umc/bestprac/shsc.htm (1374 words)

	Self-help school construction
		The Northern Areas and Chitral in the extreme north of Pakistan are characterized by very poorcommunications with the rest of the country.
		Until the construction of the Karakorum Highway whichconnects Pakistan with China through the Khunjarab pass, there was no all-weather link.
		The construction of the Karakorum Highway has transformed lifealong its length, opening up the area to outside influence.
	ismaili.net /mirrors/39_school/shsc.htm (1225 words)

	Landslides, snow block KKH -DAWN - Top Stories; January 17, 2006
		GILGIT, Jan 16: Massive landslides blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) on Sunday night, suspending traffic between the Northern Areas and rest of the country.
		Officials and local residents said torrential rains triggered landslides in Chilas, Kumela and Pattan areas in the Kohistan district while heavy snowfall made it impassable in Chattar in the Battagram district.
		They said that a large number of passengers, cargo vehicles and trade convoys were stranded on the Karakoram Highway in freezing weather.
	www.dawn.com /2006/01/17/top18.htm (115 words)

	Chinese Karakorum Highway \| Xinjiang, China Travel Blog
		The traders who originally made it through the Karakorum and Pamir mountain ranges must have been desperate to make money as even today it's not an easy journey.
		As well as the views along the way, the other great excitement is spotting the wild camels and for the first time on this trip, the great shaggy yaks which graze on the little available vegetation.
		After a night in Tashkurgan we head back down the Highway for a couple of hours until we reach Karakul Lake - it's a beautiful bright blue colour and is bordered by towering snowy peaks.
	www.travelpod.com /cgi-bin/guest.pl?tweb_UID=sianandjim&tweb_tripID=careerbreak06&tweb_entryID=1154603880&tweb_PID=wow (640 words)

	The Karakorum Highway-Islamabad to Gilgit \| Islamabad, Pakistan Travel Blog
		In this area where the India and Asian continents meet, the Pamir, Kunlun, Hindukush, Karakoram and Great Himalaya ranges are knotted together, and the ground rises higher, over a greater area, than anywhere else in the world, and China, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India all come within 250 kms of each other.
		This Karakoram Highway (KKH) connects Kashgar with Islamabad, via the 4730 metre Khunjerab Pass, the semi-mythical Hunza valley and the trading post of Gilgit.
		The pass was opened to travellers in 1986, and we're about to set out on this Karakoram Highway.
	www.travelpod.com /cgi-bin/guest.pl?tweb_UID=diannemurray&tweb_tripID=rtw2005&tweb_entryID=1120230060&tweb_PID=tpod (4479 words)

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