Hunza,a remote mountain kingdom,may have been the inspiration behind James Hilton's"SHANGRI-LA".The area opened up in the 1970s following the completion of Karakoram highway;an engineering marvel tracing the old silk route from Pakistan into China.
The fair skinned and light-eyed Hanzakuts claim to be descendants of soldiers lost from Alexander's army invaded India.Their language Burushaski,privides linguists an enigma as it is unrelated to any other language known to man.
The beauty of this mountain paradise is matchless;from the soft blossoms of the apricot trees to the dark snoew capped rock monuments of Rakaposhi (7788m.)and recently climbed altar (7388m.)jabbing a vivid blue backdrop high above.