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Merci mon ami.
One'll have to go across India from Pakistan to Nepal.

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And how about hitch-hiking the KKH?

Were there any attempts?
I believe it's not possible to hh entire KKH, but at least up to Tashkurgan and down from Sost or Passu.

Tomek

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I've hitch-hiked stretches of the KKH, in both China and Pakistan. You have to pay for the rides generally (though I did catch a couple of free rides in Pakistan), so it makes just as much sense to take the bus. Between Sost and Gilgit, bus prices are very cheap, and nearly every vehicle along the KKH is either a big truck or some form of public transport. You'll need the stars smiling down on you in order to scrounge a free ride on the KKH in China.

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excuse me for silly question, but pakistan is muslim country so what if i have in my backpack 1,5-2 litres of vodka during crossing Khunjerab pass? %D

is it restricted to bring? will custom guys say to me - u have to drink it all - right here, right now!, - ???

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Well, it is a silly question, but still... In my case there were no checks whatsoever on bags belonging to foreigners when crossing the Pakistani border in either direction. There were, however, much more serious checks on the Chinese side, and I don't suppose they would be averse to stealing vodka.
I'm not sure how the customs guys would react; they certainly didn't have the look of the morality police about them, so it seems more likely that they would be inclined to pinch it for their own consumption than come down on you with stern Islamic morality, though probably neither.

In any case, alcohol - both smuggled from China, and locally brewed hooch - is both widely drunk and widely, though not necessarily openly, available in the mountains north and west of Gilgit. You can actually buy Chinese beer openly in Hunza. Why would you bother with the vodka?

On hitchhiking - as Giora says...

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