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  1. Trota1 avatar

    Re: Places you should visit

    by Trota1 20 April 2012

    Swat Valley, Pakistan

  2. flobster avatar

    RE: Vice Guide to Travel

    by flobster 18 January 2012

    Turbans aren't especially common in Pakistan. By the time I'd been hanging round Peshawar and the Swat valley for a few months, wearing…

  3. ocean_pacific avatar

    RE: advice pls for older solo female KKH to Kashgar in May

    by ocean_pacific 15 January 2012

    Well,flying in to Peshawar is no problem but the problem is that the provincial government of Khyber Puthunkhaw (KPK) has recently imposed…

  4. ocean_pacific avatar

    RE: PAKISTAN VISA

    by ocean_pacific 04 January 2012

    You don't need any sponsorship just with the LOI.Do not mention in your application that you re going to visit north west region like…

  5. northan avatar

    RE: Swat Valley

    by northan 22 December 2011

    ok. gud news

  6. talk2u avatar

    RE: Swat Valley

    by talk2u 22 December 2011

    Swat is called the "Switzerland" of Pakistan due to its beauty.

  7. chrisliujun avatar

    RE: Swat Valley

    by chrisliujun 22 December 2011

    Good news to hear. I had always wanted to go there!!

  8. ocean_pacific avatar

    RE: Swat Valley

    by ocean_pacific 21 December 2011

    No Objection Certificate from the home department in Peshawar is required in these days to visit Swat valley.

  9. talk2u avatar

    RE: Swat Valley

    by talk2u 20 December 2011

    @5 Yes, you have to go to Home Department which is located opposite to Peshawar Museum on Saddar road.

  10. northan avatar

    RE: Swat Valley

    by northan 19 December 2011

    i think too

  11. sydneyrobocop avatar

    Re: Swat Valley

    by sydneyrobocop 19 December 2011

    Thanks for getting back to me. Do I need to go to the office on Saddar Road opposite to the Museum to apply for the permit? Edited by:…

  12. musafir avatar

    RE: Swat Valley

    by musafir 19 December 2011

    KPK, PKP, KDP ...... It is the the frontier , man.

  13. talk2u avatar

    RE: Swat Valley

    by talk2u 19 December 2011

    NOC is required for visiting Swat valley.

  14. pakistanguide avatar

    RE: Swat Valley

    by pakistanguide 19 December 2011

    Yes. it is free to travel in Swat valley and in the begining of the seaons (april next year) they are arranging a big festival for Swat…

  15. musafir avatar

    RE: Swat Valley

    by musafir 19 December 2011

    I wouldn't chance it. All of PKP is iffy these days.

  16. sydneyrobocop avatar

    Swat Valley

    by sydneyrobocop 18 December 2011

    Hello Can a local person connected to the tourist industry please confirm if foreigners are once again free to travel to Swat. Is any…

  17. chitralguyimran avatar

    RE: Chitral closed for foreigners?

    by chitralguyimran 10 November 2011

    Bonjour from Peshawar, Neither it's an expensive trip nor a difficult way to get a NOC. A correction to the post # `13, NOC for travel…

  18. chitralguyimran avatar

    RE: Chitral closed for foreigners?

    by chitralguyimran 08 November 2011

    Bonjour from Peshawar, NOC is easy to obtain from the Home Department of Peshawar, it takes almost a week so one could submit the applica…

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    Re: Is it safe for a woman to travel to Pakistan on her own?

    by hintermann 18 October 2011

    Hello all. I am the original poster of this thread and am pleased to say that my wife completed her archeological trip to Pakistan and…

  20. chitralguyimran avatar

    RE: Cycling Skardu to Chitral

    by chitralguyimran 15 September 2011

    Bonjour mes amis, I made it from Gilgit to Chitral across Shandoor pass twice this year, excellent trip and once we camped at Shandoor…

  21. swati avatar

    Northern Areas Free Friendly Ride

    by swati 26 August 2011

    Hi All, We, lecturers/professors of a government college, plan to have a trip by our college bus to the north of Pakistan. The tour starts…

  22. chitralguyimran avatar

    RE: Places to visit in Winter

    by chitralguyimran 25 August 2011

    Kalam, Madyan, Malam Jabba and Behrain could be visited in winters especially skiing at Malam Jabba, last year a skiing competition was…

  23. chitralguyimran avatar

    RE: Places to visit in Winter

    by chitralguyimran 25 August 2011

    Bonjour mes amis, I'd not go for Murree, Nathiagali, the tourists are fleeced during winters and too much tourism from south Pakistan…

  24. chitralguyimran avatar

    RE: Places to visit in Winter

    by chitralguyimran 22 August 2011

    Bonjour mes amis, Swat valley (Kalam, Malam Jabba for skiing and snowfall). Chitral (Kalash valleys for snowfall) is open through Low…

  25. chitralguyimran avatar

    RE: Looking for Volunteering opportunites 6 months related to war

    by chitralguyimran 15 August 2011

    Bonjour from Islamabad, Dear Claudia, Swat valley could be a very interesting and potential area for your work, where you could work…

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