Shopping in Karimabad (Baltit)
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Hunza Art Museum
Hunza-Nagyr wool is renowned for its durability, though it's being displaced by factory imitations. Hunza Art Museum is another reliable store, and can provide guarantee certificates for semiprecious stones and gems.
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Kado Gems Cutting & Polishing Centre
The follow-up project to Threadnet Hunza is designed to empower local women, in this case by training them in gem cutting, polishing and selling. At the time of research the finishing touches were being put on the shop which will eventually sparkle with rubies, sapphire, topaz and quartz.
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Mountain Equipment
Trekking and mountaineering equipment can be purchased here at the top end of the bazaar. The lads from Adventure Hunza have also opened a CD shop here, Kiran Audio Video Centre.
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Hunza Carpet
The bazaar is lined with art and handicraft shops, such as Hunza Carpet, many selling the woollen wares made by local women trained by the Threadnet Hunza programme.
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Hunzo-e-Hayan
The small shop front for Shafqet Karim, an artisan who turns wooden bowls and carves soup spoons and other traditional implements as well as figurines.
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Saghin Departmental Store
Has a reasonable selection of canned and packaged food, batteries, film and toiletries.
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Baltit Book Centre
A respectable collection of Northern Areas and Central Asia books in English.
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Mohummond Book Store
Plenty of books on the local area plus a range of Lonely Planet guides.
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Hayat Silversmith
This one-man operation can turn your stones into jewellery.
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Ali Book Stall
Stocks books and maps of the Northern Areas, plus carpets.
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