Asia

LETTERS & PICTURES FROM ASIA, 1988 | AROUND KATHMANDU | PART 2
In 1988, when I was eighteen years old I set off from New Zealand to Asia on an adventure. Accompanying me was my high school friend David. We were inspired by Tintin comics and National Geographic magazines. Although we had never actually been overseas before, we wanted begin our travels...
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TRAVELLING TO KASHGAR & XINJIANG, CHINA, IN 1989
In 1989, when I was 19 years old, I travelled to Pakistan, and it's northern Himalaya regions of Gilgit and Hunza. I then crossed the Khunjerab Pass into the far Western Chinese province of Xinjiang.  The north of Pakistan was craggy and rugged, with deep barren valleys and high...
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