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Well, there's a very different feel here, isn't it?
People are nowhere near as friendly, and everyone's so stairs.
Eyes asking questions.
What are you doing here?
You?
Why you're here while you're walking?
I think it's got something to do with the fact that we're right on the border and there's a big military presence here.
Everyone's quite suspicious.
The authorities could pull the plug on my expedition on.
They seem to be everywhere.
So it stops in this town store and told a local intelligence agency to find out if we're gonna be allowed to pass it.
On board is only a day's walk from here.
So tensions are high.
Foreigners are not usually allowed to come to this area.
So the cops arrived within minutes.
Okay.
Thank you.
I have listened that not making the picture off the area, You know, it's a lot to make picture.
Yeah.
Okay.
No date just arrived.
Yes or no?
Do you in two more days?
Way negotiating a growing crowd After 30 minutes, we're finally let through under the protection of Officer Medawar, his a k 47 on a slightly squeaky bike back on the mountain road.
It's easy to see what made the ass Store valley one of Pakistan's most popular holiday destinations.
This has gotta be one of those spectacular places.
It's certainly not what I expected Pakistan's look like with the pine trees in these blades and meadows so peaceful it's always been a ski resort.
Yet despite the authorities best efforts, few foreigners visit this land.
It seems such a waste.
But I'm not here for sightseeing.
Tomorrow will head towards the Line of Control.
It's seen violent skirmishes for nearly 70 years.
I'm sure the army won't let me cross.
But I plan to walk these mountains wherever they lead me.
I can't turn back.
The next morning we reports with Officer Medawar too.
Gory cots Police station.
Our armed escort could get no further.
So here you finish.
Finish finish.
OK.
Do we have somebody else to come with the suits?
You and Chuck your what?
It seems not well, thank you.
Thank you very much for your help.
Malang and I must push on with no escort.
At moments like this, you can run into the rarest of fellow travelers.
It's It's almost biblical, isn't it?
The A with the tassels.
Decorations on the horses just like a colorful.
I wondered if we'd run into these guys.
They're back awhile.
Moments.
For centuries, they drove their herds freely across the Himalayas.
But the line of control block their movements, meaning fewer.
Now Rome, as they please.
Where do you go just the whole season?
Do you have some other animals?
Well, they already that walking.
He's in a hurry later that day were met by brooding clouds as we begin the final approach to the Line of Control.
The thing with this route is that it takes me right through the heart of the Himalayas.
The problem is, it also takes me through one of the most heavily militarized zones in the world, the border between Pakistan and India.
We're walking straight into a conflict zone.
What happens now is anyone's guess.
Something like, uh, school way to India in the other minds minds.
So here we finished.
I can't quite believe we've got this far, you know, so close.
Well, close enough.
This is the end of the road in Pakistan.
I must now return and cross into India at the official border 1000 miles to the southwest.
I convert Julie.
See where I'll pick up my journey.
Just over those hills there is India Stones again, just the other side of that mountain.
But there is a downside to reaching here.
I'll be leaving my Afghan diva behind.
This is it.
This is the end of the road for from a long line is gonna go back to Afghanistan.
But the mummy had me soon, my friend.
So I love love is and it's my best worker friend into one month, which is in Afghanistan, in Pakistan now we are in the hand off the world it is.
It feels like the end of the world, isn't it?
It's very atmospheric, moody place.
Um but this is where we have to say goodbye, Milling.
Unfortunately, I'm so sorry about this.
Take it easy.
It's been good.
Yeah, Johnny, you do.