Up at high altitude in the Pakistan Karakoram sits this relic of British colonial rule in what was probably the most remote and inaccessible spot in the British Empire. It is hard enough to get to today! It is right up on the high border of Afghanistan and China, and was built in 1932 to check ingresses across the remote high passes from those two countries. It sits in wild and isolated splendour and is still in use by the Pakistan Army as a guard post against that today. It has also been used as a high altitude training ground for mountain military operations. It was very otherworldly. The army made us welcome and gave us a lovely cup of tea. Fascinating, and so beautiful. It is a hardship posting for the military… can get to minus 40° and be snowed in in winter.
Hope you have a wondrous Wednesday…Diana