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CSD supermarket
Stores biscuits, sweets, jam, cornflakes, soup mixes, long-life milk and juices, tinned cheese and pickles to spice up bland curries.
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Fruit & Vegetable Stalls
Apricots usually appear in June; apples, pomegranates, walnuts and Gilgit's own peaches can be found in early autumn.
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Gilgit Serena Hotel Bookshop
The best place to buy books in the area is the shop in the lobby of this top-end hotel.
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Handicrafts
Selling gemstones and old musical instruments, as well as woollen hats and waistcoats that vary greatly in quality. An NA bargain is the durable, hand-woven wool (patti or pattu) of Hunza and Nagyr - coarse, thick and tight, with an uneven grain.
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Hunza Computers
For ultra cheap memory cards for cameras, burning to CD etc.
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Karakoram Mountaineering Equipment
Formerly known as Gown House (and maybe still sporting the old sign).
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Longlife Mountaineering Equipment
Sales and rental. The secondhand gear is shipped from Europe via Karachi and can be a good buy. The new stuff is from China but is not 'export quality' so be careful. Sleeping-bag hire is Rs50 per day. Sold items may be bought back at half price. Reasonable selection of down jackets, stoves etc.
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Marshal Bakery & General Store
Stores biscuits, sweets, jam, cornflakes, soup mixes, long-life milk and juices, tinned cheese and pickles to spice up bland curries.
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North News Agency
Modest collection of Northern Areas books in English.
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North Pole Traders
Try Khan Bahadur's North Pole Traders for dried fruit and nuts - great staples for long road trips and treks.
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Trekking Equipment & Gift Shop
Trekking Equipment & Gift Shop
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Vegetable Market
A sabzi mandi (vegetable market) is along the west side of Jama Mosque.
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Xama Stores
By the Park Hotel, Xama has a dusty collection of old jewellery, handicrafts, carpets and flintlocks.
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