Shopping in Karakoram Highway
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Xama Stores
By the Park Hotel, Xama has a dusty collection of old jewellery, handicrafts, carpets and flintlocks.
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Saghin Departmental Store
Has a reasonable selection of canned and packaged food, batteries, film and toiletries.
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Vegetable Market
A sabzi mandi(vegetable market) is along the west side of Jama Mosque.
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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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Karakoram Mountaineering Equipment
Formerly known as Gown House (and maybe still sporting the old sign).
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