Baltistan

In northern Kashmir, near the Chinese region of Xinjiang, the Baltistan concentrates the highest peaks of Karakoram. In the area of Skardu reliefs recall those of Ladakh neighbor, this is also why the cultural roots are close from the little Tibet. The Indus crosses this area, before jumping in the steep gorge of Rondus. In winter, the temperature reached records, the -40 ° is common.

The Baltistan includes pics of unusual verticality, in the valley of K6 or Nangma, Kondus, large walls (big walls) are legions, and attract climbers from all around the world.
A special feature of local architecture, the roofs of houses are flat, specially designed for drying apricots.

Capital : Skardu, located at 2300 m at the foot of a cliff of 400 m high. Arriving at the airport there are dunes. When the wind rises, the atmosphere is overcharged with sand, and quickly becomes awful. Some have described Skardu as a dusty town without interest, is not counting on the polo matches taking place at the stadium, not to be missed under any pretext.