{"id":2141,"date":"2019-11-20T13:28:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T13:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2024-02-15T21:55:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T21:55:04","slug":"from-china-to-pakistan-khunjerab-pass-highest-border-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/en\/2019\/11\/20\/from-china-to-pakistan-khunjerab-pass-highest-border-crossing\/","title":{"rendered":"From China to Pakistan: Khunjerab Pass, the world\u2019s highest border crossing point"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2141\" class=\"elementor elementor-2141\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-100ced59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"100ced59\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57f5a375\" data-id=\"57f5a375\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-675fb05 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"675fb05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f0b7872 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 21, 2019\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-fcf06e9 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDay 47\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-b7f90aa elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-compass\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSost, Pakistan\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-5c90350 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-suitcase\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t7590 Km\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5419c506 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5419c506\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"leadin\">We crossed from China to Pakistan through the Khunjerab Pass. Being at 4693 meters, it\u2019s the highest official border crossing point in the world, and also the highest part of the Karakoram Highway. The bus was not quite what we had expected but the ride through the mountains was epic and we had some fun with our fellow passengers. But before that we still had to get the tickets and go through the Chinese migration in Tashkurgan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting the ticket for China-Pakistan bus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Khunjerab Pass, the border between China and Pakistan, is closed during weekends, we had to wait until Monday morning. Seri had gone to the bus station already on the evening before with our Pakistani friends in order to get the tickets for the bus to Pakistan, but the man at the gate of the bus station had told him to come there the next morning at nine. Just to make sure Seri double checked the time: Nine o\u2019clock.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nine o\u2019clock official Beijing time means seven the local time. So, we had to wake up very early. It was still completely dark and freezing cold when we got out. We were in front of the bus station gates twenty minutes before nine. From the gap between the curtains we could see, how the station man got up from his bed (yes, he seems to live at the station) and quickly got ready for his workday. At nine the man came to the gate just to announce us: \u201cTickets to Sost 10 o\u2019clock\u201d. We tried to ask him why he had told us to come at nine, but he got really pissed off and told us to leave. He seemed to be an asshole, also judging the way he treated the small dog tied on a short leash to a fence of the bus station. We went back to the guesthouse, waited for another hour and went back to the station. Luckily this time we managed to get the tickets from some office building inside the bus station, followed by many Pakistani Men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At the customs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The bus to Sost doesn\u2019t leave from the bus station where you buy the tickets. Of course not, it would be way too easy. So, we had to walk some two kilometers to the immigration building of Tashkurgan. Our Pakistani friends from the hostel were there already waiting for us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3494\" height=\"4654\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20191021_101725_1.jpg\" alt=\"On our way to the customs\" class=\"wp-image-2123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20191021_101725_1.jpg 3494w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20191021_101725_1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20191021_101725_1-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20191021_101725_1-769x1024.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3494px) 100vw, 3494px\" \/><figcaption>On our way to the customs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100761-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Posing with our Pakistani gang\" class=\"wp-image-2125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100761-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100761-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100761-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100761.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Posing with our Pakistani gang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The gates opened after eleven. Getting through the customs took maybe an hour as there was a lot of queuing. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/en\/2019\/11\/12\/irkeshtam-pass-kyrgyzstan-china-border-crossing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"it had taken us seven hours to get into China (opens in a new tab)\">it had taken us seven hours to get into China<\/a>, this felt like nothing. We were surprised how fast and easy it all went, and how well everything was organized this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100755-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The building where the migration stuff happens\" class=\"wp-image-2124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100755-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100755-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100755-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100755.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The building where the migration stuff happens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the customs we had to go out to wait for our bus. Luckily the sun had started to shine so it wasn\u2019t that freezing cold anymore. While waiting we had chats with the other passengers. They were all Pakistani men and very friendly. We had already really started to like the Pakistani people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The wonderful Chinese sleeper bus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though we were going to travel daytime, for some reason the bus was a sleeper model. We were familiar with this concept from our last trip to China, and it is not our favorite form of transport. It doesn\u2019t make much sense to have to lie in some short and narrow bunk beds in the middle of the day. The others didn\u2019t seem too happy about it either. It was also pretty smelly and dirty in the bus, but at least the views were amazing, and we had some funny company.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100763-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The bunkbeds in a Chinese sleeper bus are set in three rows\" class=\"wp-image-2127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100763-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100763-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100763-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100763.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The bunkbeds in a Chinese sleeper bus are set in three rows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100781-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The views of the first part of our journey\" class=\"wp-image-2129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100781-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100781-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100781-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100781.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The views of the first part of our journey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100794-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100794-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100794-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100794-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100794.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Seri got compliments from the guys travelling with us, they seemed to think that he is a great guy. Johanna\u2019s self esteem, on the contrary, got a few hits. One of our friends was trying to guess our ages. As usual, he thought Seri to be much younger. When Johanna told that she\u2019s 29, he stated that she looks six years older. Another man started a conversation by asking which language they speak in Finland. Then he had another question: \u201cIf Finland is such a wealthy country, why do you look so poor and weak?\u201d. Thanks guys! At least Pakistani people seem to honestly tell what they think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100762-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The greatest white man alive\" class=\"wp-image-2126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100762-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100762-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100762-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100762.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The greatest white man alive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100773-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The poor and weak old woman\" class=\"wp-image-2128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100773-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100773-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100773-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100773.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The poor and weak old woman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As we were driving on the Chinese border area, we were, of course, not allowed to leave the bus. Except for one time when there was a \u201ctoilet\u201c break. The bus stopped in the middle of nowhere between some barb-wire fences on both sides, and the men went out to the nature. For Johanna this was not an option because she was the only woman in the bus and there was not even one bush that could have provided some privacy. Afterwards our young Pakistani friend told with a smile that he had filmed Seri peeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100788-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100788-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100788-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100788-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100788.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>This is where we had the \u201ctoilet\u201c break<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crossing the Khunjerab Pass<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After driving for some four hours we reached a small border station at the Khunjerab Pass.  As we stopped, it started to snow. We all had to get out of the bus, but only so that they could count how many people there were in. That was the last check on the Chinese side and, once again, we were surprised how easy it went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100805-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The border station at Khunjerab Pass\" class=\"wp-image-2132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100805-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100805-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100805-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100805.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The border station at Khunjerab Pass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we drove through the famous gate of Khunjerab Pass. Unfortunately, we didn\u2019t have a selfie-break there. When we crossed from China to Pakistan, our fellow passengers started to celebrate: \u201cPakistaaan, Pakistaaaaan, Pakistaaaaaaaan!\u201d We were as happy as they were to have left China behind and to have arrived in Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100813-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The famous gate of Khunjerab Pass\" class=\"wp-image-2133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100813-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100813-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100813-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100813.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The famous gate of Khunjerab Pass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our first kilometres in lovely Pakistan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Khunjerab Pass is the highest point of the Karakorum Highway. Slowly we started our descend. It\u2019s crazy how on this journey the views just keep getting better and better. The scenery on our first kilometers in Pakistan was the most amazing we\u2019ve seen so far (and we have seen some pretty good views already). First there were snowy peaks all around us. Sometimes we saw some stones that had fallen on the road due to landslides. Then the turquoise Hunza-river flowing along the road created some beautiful contrast against the bright green, red, yellow and orange autumn colors. It was just so mind-blowingly beautiful. And we couldn\u2019t believe it \u2013 we had made it to Pakistan, the place we had been dreaming of for a long time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100823-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Imagine that some of the mountains we passed are one of the highest  in the world\" class=\"wp-image-2134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100823-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100823-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100823-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100823.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Imagine that some of the mountains we passed are one of the highest  in the world<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100825-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100825-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100825-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100825-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100825.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100827-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Karakoram Highway winding downwards\" class=\"wp-image-2136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100827-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100827-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100827-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100827.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The Karakoram Highway winding downwards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100845-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Rocks on the road\" class=\"wp-image-2138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100845-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100845-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100845-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100845.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Rocks on the road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We crossed through the Khunjerab National Park. We didn\u2019t have a stop there but still we had to pay the national park fee. It\u2019s 10 dollars for foreigners but you can pay it in other currencies too. We used yuan and got an okay exchange rate, so there\u2019s no need to get Pakistani Rupees beforehand (there are several ATM\u2019s at Sost).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arriving to Sost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It took some two hours from Khunjerab Pass until we arrived to Sost. It\u2019s the first town on the Pakistani side of the Karakoram highway and the place where the customs are located. Everything worked super smoothly there. We didn\u2019t have to spend more than 30 minutes at the customs, and no-one even wanted to check on our bags. We just had to fill a form stating that we are not having a bird flu and other strange diseases. Then we were taken to a room where our e-visas were checked by two friendly guys. After that we got stamps to our passports and we were free to explore Pakistan. 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