have you ever wondered, about a place where people never aged, were immune to almost all disease's, had a heaven like place to live in, with mother nature caring for them as if she has been picking favorites. such a place may not exist in reality but a place called Hunza never cease's to amaze tourist's in a similar and thought provoking way.
the rugged yet beautiful landscape
the landscape may be exhausting to get around for city dwellers like you me but we aren't the local farmer here, the landscape is mountainous and has rocky gigantic mountains everywhere, transport was a very big problem in this area as no normal people or valley could afford such expensive roads which involved carving through rock and building bridge's almost between every village but thanks for the importance of its geological location china has solved that problem by making the Karakoram highway, part of the trade route previously known as the silk route, and the silk route historically and in today's world has a very predominant role in worlds trade, and china is investing billions to built better transport service's to get it's good's to the western market faster and in a more economically feasible way. so we are destined to see the new architectural marvel's that could be brought to life during our lifetimes. even though roads and service's for the tourists already.
the long forgotten fountain of youth
the water in these mountainous regions may not be exactly the secret of immortality but these people who consume this water on the daily basis live relatively long and healthy live's compared to other place's in the world.
what is hunza water? by Dr. Patrick Flanagan
Hunza and mecedonia
The local legend says that the people of Hunza originate from the Baltit village(, which is said to had been found by some wounded soldiers of Alexander the great left behind , the legend common to much of Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. In 1996 a Macedonian linguist Ilija Čašule started his work on linking the isolate Burushask language of the bBurosho(hunza) people with an extinct European language. much of his work isn't recognized by many other linguist but his work co relates with the common myth's found in their culture.
A misty morning
a birds eye view
and there goes my first post!!