{"id":2411,"date":"2020-01-05T11:50:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T11:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2024-02-15T21:53:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T21:53:47","slug":"goodbye-karakoram-highway-from-gilgit-to-lahore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/en\/2020\/01\/05\/goodbye-karakoram-highway-from-gilgit-to-lahore\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye to Karakoram Highway \u2013 22 hour bus ride from Gilgit to Lahore"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2411\" class=\"elementor elementor-2411\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f153eab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f153eab\" 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-27c22dc6\" data-id=\"27c22dc6\" 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-18e6304 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"18e6304\" 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 6, 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 63\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\tLahore, 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\t9046 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-6739773d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6739773d\" 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\u2019ve really enjoyed almost every place along our journey. But North Pakistan\u2019s Gilgit-Baltistan managed to take a special place in our hearts. The first time on this journey we felt actually sad to leave. To leave the mountains, the magical nature in its bright autumn colours, the fascinating culture and to leave the people who had been more than welcoming towards us. But almost the whole way from Finland until here we\u2019ve felt cold, so now it was time to leave towards the South and the warmth. It was time to travel our last kilometers on the Karakoram Highway, from Gilgit to Islamabad and further to Lahore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110921-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Goodbye to the mountains\" class=\"wp-image-2403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110921-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110921-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110921-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110921.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Goodbye to the mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Change of plans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our initial plan was to have a stop in Pakistan\u2019s capital, Islamabad. But in the last days there started to be religious right-wing protests against the governement. Some of the roads are blocked and schools and businesses shut down. No-one really knows how the situation is going to develop in the next days. Therefore we decided to head straight to Lahore, near the Indian border, which anyway was a city that interests us more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ride from Gilgit to Islamabad was going to be something between 15 and 20 hours and another 5,5 hours to Lahore. We had a long way ahead of us. We could book the whole ride until Lahore from Gilgit, with a change in Rawalpindi near Islamabad. That was good, so we didn\u2019t have to start organizing the next bus ride when we arrive to Rawalpindi in the middle of the night or in the early morning. We got a recommendation to book the ride from a company called Faisal Movers, insted of NATCO, which seems to be the usual go-to choice. The buses were new and comfy and we even had some on board service with drinks and snacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191105_135053-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"Faisal Movers bus at one of our breaks\" class=\"wp-image-2398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191105_135053-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191105_135053-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191105_135053-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191105_135053.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Faisal Movers bus at one of our breaks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1069\" height=\"1900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110912.jpg\" alt=\"Business class snackbox \" class=\"wp-image-2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110912.jpg 1069w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110912-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110912-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110912-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1069px) 100vw, 1069px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Business class&#8221; snackbox <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our last kilometers on Karakoram Highway<\/h2>\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\/12\/P1110913-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The views along the Karakoram Highway\" class=\"wp-image-2401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110913-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110913-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110913-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110913.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The views along the Karakoram Highway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We started our journey from Gilgit around noon time, which meant that the first hours it was light and we got to admire the sky-touching mountains for the last time (at least for now). Soon we crossed a point where three of world\u2019s highes mountain ranges (Karakoram, Hindukush and Himalayas) meet. It\u2019s quite an amazing feeling to cruise in the high altitude among these majestic mountains, almost like being on an airplane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191105_125447-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"Cruising in the high altitude\" class=\"wp-image-2397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191105_125447-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191105_125447-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191105_125447-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191105_125447.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Cruising in the high altitude<\/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\/12\/P1110926-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110926-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110926-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110926-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110926.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/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\/12\/P1110919-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110919-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110919-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110919-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110919.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Along the way there are 10 police checkpoints where they note down the information of the passing foreigners. We were adviced to bring 10 passport copies. That way we didn\u2019t even have to get out of the bus at the checkpoints, the driver just handed the copies to the officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though the road from Gilgit to Islamabad was mainly in a good condition, it\u2019s always a bit thrilling to ride on those high mountain roads in the darkness. Especially when it started to rain and thunder. But the journey went well and we even got to sleep a few hours. While we were asleep, we had also passed Abbottabad, the place where Osama Bin-Laden was hiding before being killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Food stops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On the way we had two food stops. As we got more South, it seemed to be more important than in the North that women eat in a separate room. Therefore we were shown to the family area. We had our typical daal and vegetarian curry with naan, and as always, met some nice people. <\/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\/12\/P1110933-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Dinner at the family area\" class=\"wp-image-2407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110933-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110933-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110933-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110933.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Dinner at the family area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We talked to a young couple who had just gotten married the previous week. We\u2019ve been told before that arranged marriages are already in the past in Pakistan. But this couple told their marriage was arranged. They seemed genuinely happy together, though. The couple had been engaged already for three years, as the wife had agreed to get married only after finishing her studies to become a nurse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On our way from Islamabad to Lahore<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We arrived to Islamabad before 6 am. We had a small toothbrushing break and then hopped on to the next bus and continued sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last stop before Lahore was on a gas station. As we got out of the bus, the air felt humid and we saw the first palm trees of our journey. Since Johanna was a little kid, seeing palm trees has made her so happy as it meant being on a holiday and somewhere far from home. Also this time. Finally, we were in the South! We had made it overland from the cold northern Europe all the way to somewhere where it\u2019s warm.<\/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\/12\/P1110937-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The first palm trees of this journey\" class=\"wp-image-2409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110937-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110937-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110937-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110937.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The first palm trees of this 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\/12\/P1110936-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"As we had left the Karakoram Highway, this was the last colorful Pakistani truck we saw\" class=\"wp-image-2408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110936-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110936-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110936-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1110936.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>As we had left the Karakoram Highway, this was the last colorful Pakistani truck we saw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During our short stop at the gas station we met a nice young man called Salman, who is studying in Lahore. He insisted on paying Seri\u2019s chai, offered us bakings from his mother and said he would like to show us around in Lahore one day. When we arrived at the bus station in Lahore, it also turned out that we were headed to the same direction. 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