Pakistan

Pakistan reaches from the Arabian Sea to some of the highest mountains on earth, including K2 and Nanga Parbat in the Karakoram and Himalaya. The Karakoram Highway climbs through the Hunza Valley, with its apricot orchards, forts and glaciers, to the Khunjerab Pass on the Chinese border.

Lahore is the cultural capital, with the Badshahi Mosque, the Lahore Fort and a famous food scene, and the ruins of Mohenjo-daro and Taxila recall ancient civilisations. Pakistani hospitality is legendary.

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