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Getting high in Pakistan
Before seeing what the world out there has to offer, one should appreciate what our country has so that we truly know where it is we are from.
I believe words do not suffice when it comes to describing the emotions that run through you when you’re standing at the foot of a mountain. The raw beauty and power of these mighty mountains make you realise how small we really are. No matter how many times I see them, those mountains, valleys, glaciers or plains of multiple coloured flowers changing after every few feet, I am always left speechless.
Maybe it’s just me, but somehow, just being there instils this faith that there truly is a higher power out there.
To truly understand these mountainous areas and northern valleys, one must be witness to it. Pictures and stories are merely a depiction of what it means to be surrounded by them. I feel somehow that out there is where the real world is and here, among thousands of people in this metropolitan city, is just a bubble that we believe to be our reality.
Can you imagine what it would be like to look up at the night sky and have an argument over which star is the brightest of them all? The mind cannot comprehend the beauty but the eyes see what we only dream of seeing. I could stare at the night sky for hours, praying for it to never come to an end. The mountain peaks and valleys around you light up at night in a natural form. Man has changed so much of this world’s beauty that our generations to come will not know of what existed here once upon a time.
Here are a few photos from the many trips I’ve taken to the northern mountains. This might help people understand what true beauty Pakistan has to offer.
Maula ki basti (70kms from Naran). Photo: Hasan Ali Sharif
Maula ki basti (70kms from Naran). Photo: Hasan Ali Sharif
Maula ki basti (70kms from Naran). Photo: Hasan Ali Sharif
Maula ki basti (70kms from Naran). Photo: Hasan Ali Sharif
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Getting high in Pakistan
Before seeing what the world out there has to offer, one should appreciate what our country has so that we truly know where it is we are from.
I believe words do not suffice when it comes to describing the emotions that run through you when you’re standing at the foot of a mountain. The raw beauty and power of these mighty mountains make you realise how small we really are. No matter how many times I see them, those mountains, valleys, glaciers or plains of multiple coloured flowers changing after every few feet, I am always left speechless.
Maybe it’s just me, but somehow, just being there instils this faith that there truly is a higher power out there.
To truly understand these mountainous areas and northern valleys, one must be witness to it. Pictures and stories are merely a depiction of what it means to be surrounded by them. I feel somehow that out there is where the real world is and here, among thousands of people in this metropolitan city, is just a bubble that we believe to be our reality.
Can you imagine what it would be like to look up at the night sky and have an argument over which star is the brightest of them all? The mind cannot comprehend the beauty but the eyes see what we only dream of seeing. I could stare at the night sky for hours, praying for it to never come to an end. The mountain peaks and valleys around you light up at night in a natural form. Man has changed so much of this world’s beauty that our generations to come will not know of what existed here once upon a time.
Here are a few photos from the many trips I’ve taken to the northern mountains. This might help people understand what true beauty Pakistan has to offer.
Maula ki basti (70kms from Naran). Photo: Hasan Ali Sharif
Maula ki basti (70kms from Naran). Photo: Hasan Ali Sharif
Maula ki basti (70kms from Naran). Photo: Hasan Ali Sharif
Maula ki basti (70kms from Naran). Photo: Hasan Ali Sharif
Basil.
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