Christopher Klettermayer Photography

Travel: The Karakoram Highway

The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is the highest paved road in the world, stretching from Abottabad in Pakistan to Kashgar in China - approximately 1300 kilometers.

It passes numerous Valleys with people of different origins and cultures, the meeting point of the Karakoram, the Hindukush and the Himalayas, and the Khunjerab Pass into China.

A view from Karimabad and the Rakaposhi Mountain (7788m).
   
A bridge over the Hunza River.
   
A UN vehicle stuck in a traffic jam due to landslides along the KKH.
     
  
A local woman in Karimabad.
   
A suspension bridge over the Hunza River, Passu.
   
Farmers harvesting grain near Passu.
     
  
Children in Karimabad.
   
A suspension bridge over the Hunza River - Passu.
   
A driver securing luggage on a minivan in Karimabad - in the backdrop of the Rakaposhi (7788m).
     
  
An ornamented goods carrier as often found in Pakistan.
   
A goods carrier in Indus Cohistan.
   
A man looking over the Indus River while waiting for a landslide to be cleared up.
     
  
Pakistani men pushing a bus stuck in the rubble of a landslide along the KKH.
   
A woman and her child in Karimabad.
   
A girl in Passu.
     
  
Men attaching a goat to the top of a vehicle for transport.
   
Sunrise in Karimabad.
   
Baltit Fort in Karimabad.
     
  
Grapes found in Karimabad.
   
Details of a goods carrier, depicting Mekka.
   
Chains on an ornamented goods carrier; coming from ancient beliefs they would scare away ghosts in the mountains and assure safe passage.
     
  
The Tupopdan, or "Cathedral Ridge" in Passu reaching 6106m.
   
Baltit Fort in Karimabad.
   
The Tupopdan, or "Cathedral Ridge" covered in clouds.
     
  
A farmer and scythe.
   
A woman harvesting grain near Passu.
   
A woman harvesting grain near Passu.
     
  
Wild Lavender near Passu.
   
A suspension bridge near Passu.
   
A local boy in Karimabad.
     
  
A woman cradling her baby to sleep.
   
A man sharpening his scythe near Passu.