The World Roof Hotel

Here it is, our home for a week-and-a-half in the village of Karimabad. The town’s water comes from the Ultar Glacier, pictured in the gap above, and the Baltit Fort, the old Royal Palace of the Mir is visible toward the top of the treeline:

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That’s our room, where the arrow is pointing; below is the view from our balcony:

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Not bad, huh? But we must leave sometime. . .

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