Pakistan’s Karakoram Highway – ups and downs of a trip on ‘8th wonder of the world’: stunning views, welcoming people, but landslides, altitude sickness are hazards

Pakistan’s Karakoram Highway – ups and downs of a trip on ‘8th wonder of the world’: stunning views, welcoming people, but landslides, altitude sickness are hazards

The KKH is best experienced in spring or autumn, when the weather is obliging and visibility is excellent. A dusty unpaved section of the Karakoram Highway. Photo: Getty Images A Sino-Pakistan joint venture, the road was blasted out of mountains where in many places only donkey tracks had existed. Dubbed the eighth wonder of the … Read more