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#1Pic1Day: Desa Hantu | Ghost Town (Hunza, Pakistan, 2006)

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Ghost Town (Hunza, Pakistan, 2006)

Duykhar, a village on the top of hills watching over the Hunza valley, is a green and busy village in summer. People come here to cultivate the land, and hotels are full of visitors. The area is called as Eagle’s Nest, from where people can view the whole valley, as an eagle in its nest. But in winter, the village turned to a ghost town. The wind is very harsh and the temperature is much lower than normal, plus no electricity and no business from tourism. The dire situation forces the inhabitants to move to their warmer homes downhill. The houses are covered by thick snow, and practically it’s a ghost town.

Desa Hantu (Hunza, Pakistan, 2006)

Duykhar adalah desa di puncak bukit yang memandang langsung ke Lembah Hunza. Desa ini hijau dan sibuk di musim panas. Penduduk sibuk mengolah kebun dan hotel-hotel dipenuhi turis. Daerah ini dikenal sebagai Sarang Elang, dan dari sinilah pengunjung bisa memandang keseluruhan lembah, seperti elang yang melihat dari sarangnya. Tetapi di musim dingin, desa ini berubah menjadi seperti kota hantu. Angin dingin menerjang, suhu jauh di bawah normal, ditambah lagi dengan ketiadaan listrik dan turis. Karena itulah penduduk biasanya pindah ke rumah mereka yang lain di kaki lembah untuk melewatkan musim dingin. Rumah-rumah di sini tertimbun salju, tak ada manusia sama sekali, dan menjadi “kota hantu”.

 

About Agustinus Wibowo

Agustinus is an Indonesian travel writer and travel photographer. Agustinus started a “Grand Overland Journey” in 2005 from Beijing and dreamed to reach South Africa totally by land with an optimistic budget of US$2000. His journey has taken him across Himalaya, South Asia, Afghanistan, Iran, and ex-Soviet Central Asian republics. He was stranded and stayed three years in Afghanistan until 2009. He is now a full-time writer and based in Jakarta, Indonesia. agustinus@agustinuswibowo.com Contact: Website | More Posts

1 Comment on #1Pic1Day: Desa Hantu | Ghost Town (Hunza, Pakistan, 2006)

  1. mas,saat d jkt,tba2 ada terbesit pikiran:”kra2 apa ya,yg sedang kulakukan detik ini di (negri) sana?”, mas menanggapinya bgimna?

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