{"id":2391,"date":"2019-12-28T06:30:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T06:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2024-02-15T21:53:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T21:53:54","slug":"gilgit-best-friends-and-postcards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/en\/2019\/12\/28\/gilgit-best-friends-and-postcards\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilgit \u2013 Of best friends and postcards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2391\" class=\"elementor elementor-2391\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c1ce704 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c1ce704\" 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-3abd0981\" data-id=\"3abd0981\" 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-b0bb0e6 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"b0bb0e6\" 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\tNovember 5, 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 62\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\tGilgit, 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\t8176 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-70f8bc64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70f8bc64\" 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 had heard that there\u2019s nothing too special to see in Gilgit, the capital of Gilgit-Baltistan. As we had anyway seen enough of mountains, glaciers, suspension bridges, sacred stones and fortresses in the past few weeks, we were not even researching what we could see there (sure there must be some interesting things here as well). Instead, we simply enjoyed relaxing at our guesthouse and meeting the local people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110867-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Cows chilling at the gas station\" class=\"wp-image-2366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110867-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110867-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110867-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110867.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Cows chilling at the gas station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110874-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"A local sweets shop\" class=\"wp-image-2369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110874-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110874-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110874-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110874.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A local sweets shop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hunt for a postcard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our (Johanna\u2019s) main mission for Gilgit was to find one certain post card. It has been a long tradition of hers to send her mom postcards with a picture of three women. Postcards are a disappearing resource in this digital world so finding one nowadays is surprisingly hard \u2013 especially one with three women on it! On one evening in Karimabad, Johanna saw our friend \u201cShit Pee\u201c writing the perfect post card with a beautiful picture of three girls. It turned out that he had bought it from a bookstore at a Madina Market in Gilgit. So now that we were in Gilgit, we HAD to find the bookstore!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Madina Market is a small yard consisting of a few bookstores. It\u2019s located next to the bigger NLI Market. We found the NLI Market easily but finding Madina Market wasn\u2019t easy. We asked around and searched for it at least for an hour. During that time, we made some friends already. We were invited to drink some tea at the back of a clothes store and got an invitation to visit the home of one nice policeman, too. The policeman\u2019s offer we turned down, though, as he lived rather far away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110873-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A little tea break at Zia\u2018s shop\" class=\"wp-image-2368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110873-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110873-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110873-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110873.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A little tea break at Zia\u2018s shop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So finally, we found the Madina Market and went through all the bookstores there. But none of them sold postcards. Later our guesthouse\u2019s owner knew to tell us, that the particular bookstore, selling post cards, had been closed because it was Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the next morning we walked the few kilometers to Madina Market, again. This time the right bookstore was open. We went through all their postcards and finally, when we had almost given up searching, there it was! A black postcard with three women from Kalash Valley. Dear Johanna\u2019s mom: We hope you really appreciate the card when it arrives!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our new best friend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On our way back from our first day\u2019s postcard hunt, a man stopped us on the street and invited us for chai. He didn\u2019t live far away so we agreed to go with him. Jamil lived in a house with a nice garden with his wife and three daughters. While Seri enjoyed his sweet milk tea and cakes in the garden, Johanna was invited in to hang out with the women. It turned out that Jamil was planning to travel to Islamabad and further to Lahore on the same day as us, so we made a plan to travel together. We agreed to go together to the bus station to get the tickets the next morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110879-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"In Jamil\u2018s garden\" class=\"wp-image-2370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110879-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110879-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110879-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110879.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>In Jamil\u2018s garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the tea, Jamil brought us back to our guesthouse and wanted to show us some sights on the way. We visited two parks and had a look at Gilgit\u2019s airport, where a crashed airplane is parked. Quickly he took a bit \u201cfatherly\u201c role over us, taking us by the hands while crossing the street, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110887-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Jamil brought us kids to this huge play ground\" class=\"wp-image-2371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110887-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110887-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110887-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110887.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Jamil brought us kids to this huge play ground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110899-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Peeking through the airport\u2018s fence\" class=\"wp-image-2373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110899-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110899-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110899-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110899.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Peeking through the airport\u2018s fence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110900-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"This airplane is nowadays used only for spare parts\" class=\"wp-image-2374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110900-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110900-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110900-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110900.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>This airplane is nowadays used only for spare parts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110897-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Jamil making sure that Seri can safely cross the street\" class=\"wp-image-2372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110897-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110897-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110897-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110897.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Jamil making sure that Seri can safely cross the street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The next morning, we met him as agreed. He had postponed his travel date because some tensions had arisen in Islamabad and asked us to do the same. We didn\u2019t want to stay longer in Gilgit, so we disagreed, but he still came with us to the bus station. While drinking chai together at the bus station, Jamil told us that he will never forget us. That we are his best friends and that he loves us. Feels a bit unusual for us Europeans, but yes, why not, we will never forget about him either!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After we got our bus tickets sorted out, Jamil announced that he will come to visit us at five and stay for two hours. And so, he did \u2013 with a giant bag of bananas as a present for us. We ordered some chai from our guesthouse\u2019s restaurant and drank it together on our porch. Jamil offered to throw us a huge wedding party in Pakistan, as we told him that we never had one. Maybe next time, we agreed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the evening got cold, he politely asked us, if we would allow him to leave home already a little bit before than planned. It seems that paying one a visit is a thing you do out of respect. When he left, he gave his traditional Gilgit hat to us as a present. We thought we can\u2019t take the man\u2019s hat, but he insisted saying that he has many more at home. Unfortunately, we didn\u2019t have anything except for our time to give our new friend in return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Madina 2 Hotel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some other travelers had recommended us to stay in the Madina 2 Hotel while in Gilgit. When we arrived, we realized why. The prices were very affordable, but the rooms were comfortable. The hostel also had a nice garden where we could enjoy our breakfasts in the sun. Therefore, even though Gilgit itself was a relatively stressful city, our stay there still felt relaxing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110909-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Breakfast in Madina 2\u2018s garden\" class=\"wp-image-2377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110909-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110909-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110909-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110909.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Breakfast in Madina 2\u2018s garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leaving Gilgit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After three nights we left Gilgit. Our initial plan was to travel to Islamabad, but during these three days the situation there had changed. There were manifestations against the government and because of that many roads, as well as schools and offices, had been shut down. No-one knows how the situation is going to develop and we didn\u2019t want to go there to find out. Therefore, we decided that we will continue our way from Islamabad directly all the way to Lahore. 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