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Skardu packing is about temperature swings, sun and disrupted travel rather than one heroic jacket. Build a layered kit that works in town, on exposed day trips and during delays.
Mehreen Ali · 13 Oct 2026
The hours between towns, the landslide, the guest-house generator: a road that is not a sequence of named viewpoints.
Mehreen Ali · 15 Jul 2026
Stage the KKH through towns that earn a night. Treat Babusar as a summer door, not a synonym for the highway—and build slack for rockfall.
Mehreen Ali · 4 Jul 2026
Plan Skardu between peak summer and closed passes: flight buffers, altitude caution, fewer queues, and day trips chosen by road hours rather than postcard lists.
Mehreen Ali · 29 Apr 2026
Hunza versus Skardu for a first northern trip: maps, altitude, cancellations, FCDO highway constraints, and why one valley is enough.
Mehreen Ali · 3 Jun 2025