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2012-04-10 India-Pakistan

120 foreign tourists evacuated from Gilgit, Pakistan by PAF C-130

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Posted by gromky 2012-04-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 If you are American and want to travel, Please look at the State Department website first - and also, do not play in hostile countries. There are people who will hole you up and kill you.

Do not put our Embassies and Military personnel in more danger by having to find your stupid ass and do not expect to not find a bill afterwards. This is where your ignorance of the world must continue.

There is too much time fishing out people from world ghettos when they are making a ghetto of their own.

Why are such nasty places so enticing for you fools anyway?

If I hear of one more hiking trip on any border....

Posted by newc 2012-04-10 02:05|| 2012-04-10 02:05|| Front Page Top

#2 I have a feeling the Chinese "tourists" are engineers, technicians, and farmers who are actually there working.

Posted by crosspatch 2012-04-10 04:44|| 2012-04-10 04:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Nah, lots of Chinese travel. Pakistan's on the border, you know.

Posted by gromky 2012-04-10 04:56|| 2012-04-10 04:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Why is a C-130 picking up foreign tourists?

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2012-04-10 17:56|| 2012-04-10 17:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Gilgit-Baltistan is a very scenic place. Look it up on the net.

Here is Travel Info for Gilgit. They are surrounded by the Karakorum mountains.

And, you can take a 100 km tour of Hunza valley, made famous by James Hi1ton's novel. Right near the Chinese border.

Sounds like a cool place, except for the islamic nutcases running amok.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2012-04-10 21:17|| 2012-04-10 21:17|| Front Page Top

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