Aug. 30: Between travelling, electrical outages, and manky computers, getting online has been a challenge the past few days. So here’s just a few words (before the power goes out).
I’m now in Gilgit. I was supposed to fly to Islamabad today, but the fllight was cancelled due to bad weather in Islamabad. I was only going to lay around in my hotel room anyway, as I’ve been fighting some infection the past 2-3 days. Symptoms are fever, headache, and bodyaches; according to the Lonely Planet Guidebook, I have Dengue Fever. More likely just a normal ‘flu’ bug. At least, no GI ‘involvemnt.’
I spent the past 3 days in Hunza, primarily Karimabad. Very nice place, prosperous and green. More details later.
Tomorrow it’s the big city, then wait a couple of days, then fly out. I hope to meet some fellow travellers and hope that I feel better too. The fever seems to be gone, but the headache is lurking in the background.
Mike