Rainy Day in Islamabad
Beautiful view of blue area
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Saturday 9 January 2016
K2
2nd Hieghest Peak of the world
The North Side of K2
About :
The name K2
is derived from the notation used by the Great Trigonometric Survey
of British India. Thomas Montgomerie made
the first survey of the Karakoram from Mount Haramukh, some 210 km (130 miles) to the south, and
sketched the two most prominent peaks, labeling them K1 and K2.
The policy of
the Great Trigonometric Survey was to use local names for mountains wherever
possible and K1
was found to be known locally as Masherbrum. K2, however, appeared not to have acquired a local
name, possibly due to its remoteness. The mountain is not visible from Askole, the last village to the south, or from the nearest
habitation to the north, and is only fleetingly glimpsed from the end of the Baltoro Glacier, beyond which few local people would have
ventured. The name Chogori, derived from two Balti words, chhogo ("big") and ri("mountain")
(چھوغوری ) has
been suggested as a local name, but evidence for its widespread use is
scant. It may have been a compound name invented by Western explorers or
simply a bemused reply to the question "What's that called?" It
does, however, form the basis for the name Qogir (simplified Chinese: 乔戈里峰; traditional Chinese: 喬戈里峰;pinyin: Qiáogēlǐ Fēng) by which Chinese authorities
officially refer to the peak. Other local names have been suggested including Lamba
Pahar ("Tall Mountain" in Urdu) and Dapsang, but are not
widely used.
Saturday 2 January 2016
Friday 10 October 2014
Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China in part to protect the Chinese Empire or its prototypical states against intrusions by various nomadic groups or military incursions by various warlike peoples or forces. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC;[3] these, later joined together and made bigger and stronger, are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall.[4] Especially famous is the wall built between 220–206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall has on and off been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the existing wall is from the Ming Dynasty. Other purposes of the Great Wall have included border controls, allowing the imposition of duties on goods transported along the Silk Road, regulation or encouragement of trade and the control of immigration and emigration. Furthermore, the defensive characteristics of the Great Wall were enhanced by the construction of watch towers, troop barracks, garrison stations, signaling capabilities through the means of smoke or fire, and the fact that the path of the Great Wall also served as a transportation corridor. The main Great Wall line stretches from Shanhaiguan in the east, to Lop Lake in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. A comprehensive archaeological survey, using advanced technologies, has concluded that the Ming walls measure 8,850 km (5,500 mi).[5] This is made up of 6,259 km (3,889 mi) sections of actual wall, 359 km (223 mi) of trenches and 2,232 km (1,387 mi) of natural defensive barriers such as hills and rivers.[5] Another archaeological survey found that the entire wall with all of its branches measure out to be 21,196 km (13,171 mi).[6]
SOURCE : Wikipedia
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/great_wall_of_china
karakorum Highway
(KKH) is the highest paved international road in the world.[1] It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, located at 36°51′00″N 75°25′40″E, at an elevation of 4,693 metres (15,397 ft).[2][3] Connecting China's Xinjiang region with Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan, the road is a popular tourist attraction. Due to its high elevation and the difficult conditions in which it was constructed, it is referred to as the Eighth Wonder of the World[4][5][6] The Karakoram Highway is known informally as the KKH and — within Pakistan — officially as the N-35; within China, officially as China National Highway 314 (G314). It is also a part of the Asian Highway AH4.
Source : Wekipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakoram_Highway
Sunday 21 September 2014
karakorum highway
The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is the highest paved international road in the world.[1] It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, located at 36°51′00″N 75°25′40″E, at an elevation of 4,693 metres (15,397 ft).[2][3] Connecting China's Xinjiang region with Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan, the road is a popular tourist attraction. Due to its high elevation and the difficult conditions in which it was constructed, it is referred to as the Eighth Wonder of the World.
source : Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakoram_Highway
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