Indian Subcontinent

The Hunza Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan stretches roughly from north of the administrative capital of Gilgit all the way up to the China border. The Hunza River flows through much of …

The capital of the Gilgit-Baltistan region is the town of Gilgit, which is the largest town on the Karakoram Highway before reaching the China border. Gilgit is the starting point to …

At the northern tip of Pakistan, immediately south of Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor and the wild frontier of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, is the autonomous territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. It lies …

Reading Time: 2 minutesLandlocked along the southern flanks of the Himalayan Mountains, Nepal‘s neighbours are Tibet to the north, and India along the western, southern, and eastern borders.  Popular among …

Reading Time: 6 minutesLonely Planet’s team of experts just released (Oct. 2020) their list of the Top 10 Ultimate Destinations – their “must-see and must-do experiences, from spotting wildlife on …

Reading Time: 13 minutesHikers in the Nepalese Himalayas have two serious choices: The Khumbu (Everest Base Camp) western region, or the Annapurna eastern region. GlobeRovers has done both but spent …

Reading Time: 8 minutesLooking for paradise on earth? The Maldives comes to mind, I know. But… where in the Maldives to go. There are many atolls and islands to choose …

Reading Time: 8 minutesWalk the streets of historical Kochi, hike the tea and cardamom plantations of Munnar, spot tigers in the Periyar Tiger Reserve near Kumily, then relax for a …

Reading Time: 12 minutesNothing could prepare me for Bangladesh! It was not the thousands of rickshaws on the streets of Dhaka that fazed me. It was not the condition of …

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen thinking about Pakistan, people generally have impressions of terrorism, natural disasters, poverty, and many other negative connotations. However, setting these aside, we also have visions of …