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  • @TimelineChannel
    @TimelineChannel  3 ปีที่แล้ว +346

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    • @maiwandhamayoon2873
      @maiwandhamayoon2873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      You make a big mistake this all Afghanistan there is no Pakistan here

    • @maiwandhamayoon2873
      @maiwandhamayoon2873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This is the line of du rand British people making and 18 century This is not legal Pakistan is still legal Afghanistan why people saying that spike Stan because the badische make division between our beloved people

    • @deloreslatham5057
      @deloreslatham5057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks for this.

    • @gustavoemannueldeangolasil243
      @gustavoemannueldeangolasil243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In story of hq marvel too talk that city magic in doctor strange.

    • @Kuchbe0876
      @Kuchbe0876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thanks for letting us know, being buddhist I felt good to see all those Buddhist site though out your documentary. I wish to visit those particularly SHANGARILA site one day in my life.
      Regard being panda
      from Ladakh India

  • @caroldelaney4700
    @caroldelaney4700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1727

    No one ever remembers the cameramen carrying all the equipment and staying out of sight . Climbing up first.
    A wonderful documentary. My friend worked in Citral. Chitral

    • @zh350
      @zh350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chitral I guess.

    • @threadbear7609
      @threadbear7609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Most people remember the cameramen. Some people, with a need to feel special, think they are the only ones who do.

    • @samyandkitty8399
      @samyandkitty8399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Dam , I just commented similarly before reading other comments, I thought the guy carried his own equipment and set up tripods to auto capture himself 😂

    • @OfftoShambala
      @OfftoShambala 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Most people don’t acknowledge the women doing the cooking as been beaten and raped repeatedly ... I have no empathy for the unrecognized cameraman

    • @russellgay5337
      @russellgay5337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You at SOOo right.

  • @arifsahil1091
    @arifsahil1091 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1390

    Being a native of Skardu and the residence of nearby Shangri-la, I wants to thank David for showing my region to the world. Though i disagree with some of the points that has been stated by David. But overall i thoroughly enjoyed this master piece of work by David and his team.
    I invite and welcome you all of the people from across the world despite of any creed, caste, ethinicity and religion to come and visit this part of the world and be our guest. We may not be as developed and modern like the other part of the world but we have so much to offer you in the form of Love, Respect, Peace, Harmony, Hospitality and Happiness.
    STAY BLESEED.

    • @kimjongryan9043
      @kimjongryan9043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Just curious - if a man wears shorts over there now, do the local people still think that he's an idiot? Seems weird / irrational and judgmental to me. Also, would Pakistani people welcome atheists?

    • @calmee9117
      @calmee9117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Arif you are right. Yes it is great that these areas are subject of a documentary, but that is not such a big thing. There are tons of documentaries about these beautiful areas. The areas are of such natural beauty that they will continue to attract the world. The problem was that this documentary was full of errors, twisted and concocted half truths and showed an obvious bias. See my comments.

    • @calmee9117
      @calmee9117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@kimjongryan9043 You can wear whatever you like mate. And yes Pakistanis welcome any one and everyone, even Indians! So long as someone is not offensive and disrespectful to locals, their womenfolk or their customs, it does not matter what colour, creed or religion you belong to.

    • @JinxedMagician
      @JinxedMagician 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Kalash Valley's native population has shrinked to 2.5K which once used to be 80K.

    • @asurfadventurelife11
      @asurfadventurelife11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I love to visit

  • @cesargalicia7700
    @cesargalicia7700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1566

    There is nothing more beautiful in the world than seen humans welcoming each other no matter the religion or culture. Beautiful places.

    • @SarahTingen
      @SarahTingen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Woman do not have the same rights as men in Pakistan.

    • @KV-db9gw
      @KV-db9gw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Ya but sadly if other non islamic asians were there to travel without a camera, they would've gotten the real deal. Not a humble welcoming fantasy. Probably face what the oppressed Hindus of Kush go through on a daily basis. Hinduism Buddhism everything was there, those cultures brought peace to the area, then as you can see the "secularism and tolerance" of islamic people there.

    • @Nostalgia_Addict
      @Nostalgia_Addict 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@SarahTingen minorities have largely disappeared from the country of Pakistan. They have dropped to %1 of the population which is a joke. Of course the figures provided by the government are more, but they are falsified to paint a more liberal portrait of the country.

    • @sunnychandel6475
      @sunnychandel6475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SarahTingen yeah true. But in India it's not the same

    • @dr.doohickey
      @dr.doohickey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@sunnychandel6475 in india it's worse. In india women are sold, killed, gang raped inside a hindu temple, burned alive over dowry, and female fetuses are aborted just because they are girls. And that is just some of it, its a lot worse.

  • @subrotomitra
    @subrotomitra ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Mesmerizing...as an Indian, I may never get to see this from the Pakistani side, but what an extra-ordinary journey. Thank you David . Veni vidi vici extraordinaire!!

  • @annebeaton1526
    @annebeaton1526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +803

    In 2005, I spent two months travelling much of this exact same route and more, and did so as a lone female. Although I had travelled extensively before and primarily off the beaten path through parts of Africa and the Middle East, I was warned that Pakistan would be different. I was honestly afraid as the time for my departure approached but decided I would go, and if it became too challenging I would move on. In less than a week of travel in Pakistan, l discovered how good the people were and every day I saw the incredible beauty of this country. Two months I realized was not enough time. Peshawar remains my favourite city in the world, while Pakistan is 2nd only to Ethiopia. Thanks for sharing this and bringing back some amazing memories!

    • @Evocati-Augusti
      @Evocati-Augusti 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Peshawar is the worlds pedophile capital

    • @beckynichols3832
      @beckynichols3832 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Wait . . . I’m so impressed. Lets go! I’m ready.

    • @AtomicBlonde1
      @AtomicBlonde1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      You are amazing

    • @jaysmythe154
      @jaysmythe154 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Sounds like you should have some good footage..?

    • @dr.ishaqhaider216
      @dr.ishaqhaider216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Welcome to peshawar again.

  • @florancegardinar9658
    @florancegardinar9658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    Looks even more beautiful than where I have lived in Kinnaur (Indian remote Himalayas) for the last 20-years. Many years ago, six British explorers went looking for Shangrila and then turned their exploration into a book. One of the last paragraphs talks of shangrila being a state of awareness where you see through the veil to a deeper and more predestine dimension of Earth

    • @afzanizammohdsuri2
      @afzanizammohdsuri2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why you hates hijabs?

    • @Pike737
      @Pike737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@afzanizammohdsuri2 please don't 💣 him

    • @afzanizammohdsuri2
      @afzanizammohdsuri2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Pike737 ok

    • @mauisunrise8092
      @mauisunrise8092 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kinnaur is Shangri-la, too❗️

    • @vonamon316
      @vonamon316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's exactly how the Insane Clown Posse describe it so this must be the correct interpretation of Shangri-La

  • @rodfirefighter8341
    @rodfirefighter8341 5 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    If you can, you need to travel. Always remember to act as if you are a guest and never leave the peoples with the impression of rudeness or disrespect. If you are received well, show that you appreciate that from them. They do not have to treat you other than someone who has interrupted their place, their norm, and their day! Bless these people who put up with our short comings while traveling!

    • @anitajenkins567
      @anitajenkins567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      You said it perfectly.

    • @honey23b2
      @honey23b2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Your advice is perfect.! Mindfulness is in us all. Try to use it! Be humble.

    • @gurglejug627
      @gurglejug627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I humble myself at your words of wisdom - do you have any other advice for the rest of us poor, lowly, crass and unworthy people who share you lovely world?

    • @adamwhite514
      @adamwhite514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @peter Grahame Exactly I was gonna say something very similar. Everything Mr Firefighter said doesnt apply at all to 3rd world people visiting the 1st world.

    • @lancejames9228
      @lancejames9228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Having travelled extensively, I learned early on.... you are an embassador for your country; behave accordingly.
      Enriches the experience exponentially.

  • @iftyrehman157
    @iftyrehman157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    To all the people that haven’t visited Pakistan your kissing out on experience different cultures and food as you travel through Pakistan. You will experience the weather change as you travel from south to north. The people of Pakistan no matter which side of the country will welcome you in to their arms and they will treat you with so much care and respect. As they believe welcoming guests and looking after them whilst they’re stay is a chance given to them to do good deed. They believe that anything you will eat or downs of theirs is in your destiny. I’ve experienced this love from total strangers in Pakistan specially when I traveled and stayed at a strangers house as I was passing through to another city and the hospital and food omg no match for that from anywhere on earth. They would not take any money off you for food or stay in their homes. I miss their love. Love this video thank you for reminding me if this beautiful place. Xx

    • @ajitKumar-zk1yx
      @ajitKumar-zk1yx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Islamic nation welcoming to see different culture what a joke . Their is only forced conversion and radical attack on non muslim in that country . Actually it is only nation in the world who don't preserve their own history ,culture as all of them converts and follows radical mindset They even don't admit that their ancestors where Hindus and Buddhists ddist

    • @GTH4121
      @GTH4121 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *missing

    • @manojyadav7942
      @manojyadav7942 ปีที่แล้ว

      Abe sahi mein koi chal mat jaana iski baat ko sin ke. Ye BSDK aise hi bhokte aur rote dono ek saath hain.

    • @dr.antonenewcombe9592
      @dr.antonenewcombe9592 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GTH4121omg you must be annoying

  • @stevegarcia3731
    @stevegarcia3731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    In 1997 I had a co-worker in an engineering office who was from Pakistan and connected with higher ups in the government there. I had a pen from the Shangri-La Hotel in Hong Knog. He saw it and started telling me about Shangri-La being in Pakistan. This I had not known. (I had thought it was in India or Nepal.) In the course of the conversation he offered to meet me in Pakistan, take me to his family's preserve up north, go up to Shangril-La, and he would show me all about it and other things in the area. Since then I often wished I would have taken him up on the offer. Hearing him tell it, it WAS a paradise.

    • @louisjames7875
      @louisjames7875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yh I would love to hear about it

    • @TheEmman7
      @TheEmman7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shangri-La in Pakistan

    • @WakeRunSleep
      @WakeRunSleep 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You better find that man and tell him you’re coming

  • @aumj97
    @aumj97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Thank you. I also brought the book lost horizon . I'm 70 now can't make the trip . I felt I was right there with you . You made it possible for me to see this beautiful place. I plan making many more trips with you. Now I'm a subscriber

  • @olperz000
    @olperz000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +726

    being a native of Hunza, I must say a lot of things have changed but not the mountains, valleys, the sky, the breeze and yes the nature of people.

    • @Del-Canada
      @Del-Canada 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wouldn't the mountains be more worn down now?

    • @shanneali
      @shanneali 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Come talk to me Maalica husn

    • @jerimow8400
      @jerimow8400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Where are you now?

    • @shanneali
      @shanneali 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jerimow8400 Hunza

    • @jerimow8400
      @jerimow8400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@shanneali you are very fortunate! So beautiful and healthy for you ! All the best to you and your people!

  • @chrisruthford4492
    @chrisruthford4492 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    When I was a teenager my mother bought a little cabin on a beautiful private lake. The Cabin had a plaque on it and was named Shangri-la. It was beautiful and private and just perfect.

  • @vincentfield9562
    @vincentfield9562 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    I feel truely blessed and privileged to have cycled the karakoram highway from Rawalpindi to kashgar in 1999 a truely majestic journey of the most magnificent high mountains ,glaciers almost coming down to the roadside and the most amazingly hospitable and kindest of peoples, this brings back fantastic memories for me ,thank you pakistan and it's people I feel truely lucky to have visited your amazing country!!!!!

    • @maxim1-h4e
      @maxim1-h4e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Thank You Vincent, for your kind words. Pakistan loves you too!

    • @vincentfield9562
      @vincentfield9562 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@maxim1-h4e thanx for the memories they are etched into my mind forever 🚲❤🚲❤

    • @abc-fv6lq
      @abc-fv6lq 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Realy .

    • @abc-fv6lq
      @abc-fv6lq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My wish to travel on bicycle.

    • @maria-1639
      @maria-1639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It would be so nice to see a little video compilation with pictures from your trip 😃

  • @brendaboomer
    @brendaboomer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Thank you for this extraordinary documentary, it brought back great memories! I backpacked SE for 4.5 years and went to every place you visited & watched all the sports too. It was truly a Life Universe Degree!! Amazing country! The Swat Valley was incredible. We stayed in the Kalash Valley for a few days. The people and lifestyle was so connected to the land, and they were truly happy! The herders were mostly children and they sang and danced in the fields, unabashed joy! The girls in one of the villages braided my hair in the Kalash style! It was like being with family, they were the most hospitable humans I have ever met. I did the Karakoram Highway, any direction you faced was a postcard. Thanks for the memories!!

    • @mrshhjj8899
      @mrshhjj8899 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Next time try to be 'connected' to the land with a 40 kg bag of rice or wheats to your back, tourist XD

    • @brendaboomer
      @brendaboomer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@mrshhjj8899 troll all you want, my travels broadened my mind and spirit.. As an Indigenous Woman, I am connected to the land, you missed the whole point of the post. Have a nice day.

    • @moon-ud8tq
      @moon-ud8tq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You (Brenda) a world traveler too are so amazing and described your experiences so beautifully and I could picture the extraordinary "scenes"!

    • @ExposeW
      @ExposeW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That is how humans were meant to live...connected with Mother Nature as one big family.

    • @chutenderchodi7369
      @chutenderchodi7369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@brendaboomer ...you literally killed that indian troll 😂

  • @janecollette9504
    @janecollette9504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +329

    Taking a trip so far off is easier done on here then in real life. I enjoyed taking this trip today. Maybe after all shangrila is in my own back yard sitting under the blooming apple trees, listening to the birds.

    • @sophiaw.7356
      @sophiaw.7356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      And the water in my pond reflects the sun as beautiful as in the waters surrounding the Taj Mahal ;)

    • @Mirsab
      @Mirsab 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Are you guys referencing lyrics to a song?

    • @sophiaw.7356
      @sophiaw.7356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Mirsab No. You can use my very own words for a song ;) Make sure it becomes a world hit ;)

    • @anonunknown5695
      @anonunknown5695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nah its inside the earth

    • @mooganstooker2419
      @mooganstooker2419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      than

  • @m.suhailrehman7252
    @m.suhailrehman7252 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Stretched over 1000 miles, the area David shown in his documentary is a junction of Karakuram, Himalaya and Hindukush. A unique combination of of natural beauty and diversity of cultures and languages that has happened only once in the history of mankind and the geography of planet earth. The meaning of Shangrila is Heaven On Earth, and the whole area truly is SHANGRILA. I am a professional Vagabond whose life revolves around travelling but ever since I have visited Northern Areas of Pakistan, I have kind of nested there. I spend most of my time exploring different angles and hidden attraction of Northern Areas. I am hooked, I am stuck there . . . and you too beware! The junction of these three mountain ranges is a miracle, a deep love affair, once you have fallen in, you will never come out.

    • @mikef2813
      @mikef2813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And you have internet! Pretty cool.

    • @chutenderchodi7369
      @chutenderchodi7369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @sanjay pathak .....dil chota mat kar chotay. 😂

    • @shereef3823
      @shereef3823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mikef2813 how do you know he doesn't , or made that post while internet was available?

    • @shabbirhussain6431
      @shabbirhussain6431 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      DEAR THANKS FOR DETAILS AND MEANING OF WORD SHANGRILA . WILL YOU FURTHER HELP ME THE WORD SHANGRILA IS OF WHICH LANGUAGE?

    • @yamaha115cc3
      @yamaha115cc3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you'd actually travel you'd at least make some videos

  • @TimelineChannel
    @TimelineChannel  5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

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    • @harshwilly
      @harshwilly 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      toss another button in the soup www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp79b00752a000300070001-8

    • @thezillah4644
      @thezillah4644 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @himalayanboysati6678
      @himalayanboysati6678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      David you don't have basic knowledge about Indian map go and do Google and rectify your mistake

    • @jeannetracer4577
      @jeannetracer4577 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Know qqq

    • @gusteriljiljanibosanski4176
      @gusteriljiljanibosanski4176 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      David you're very recist man against the Muslims!! I've noticed that he's calling the Muslims Islamist the all other derogatory words.You take every opportunity to demonize my fellow Muslims.Why Muslims have to take that rotten bones of that Kalasha? Is it there no wild animals to take it? Come on morron you are so an evil person.

  • @kevinhsu8184
    @kevinhsu8184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    This documentary brings a smile to my face. I miss traveling. I love seeing different cultures. World is an interesting place. Can’t wait to travel again soon. I especially love this part of the world. Never been to Pakistan but have been to India, Bhutan, and Nepal. Maybe someday to Pakistan!

    • @olperz000
      @olperz000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      there is no such a word as 'someday'!!. come 'today to Pakistan!

    • @zaikashh7532
      @zaikashh7532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Shawn-fq6hi yes you can

    • @TrueBlueCat
      @TrueBlueCat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agree. I lived a few years in Himalayas in India/Nepal. Wonderful life in the mountain. Not easy, but a different kind of struggle. Brings you peace.
      Beautiful people as well.

    • @erturtemirbaev5207
      @erturtemirbaev5207 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Visit Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬

    • @granand
      @granand 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      mortgaged to China ? China now controls this which was once India but occupied in war by Pak. So go there when you can before China takes over for debt non payment

  • @diewilden80er73
    @diewilden80er73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    All those beautiful places on this planet and I will never see them... Great documentary. Thank you!

    • @lorimiller4301
      @lorimiller4301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Thanks to the magic of TH-cam you can see just about EVERYTHING the World has to offer.

    • @diewilden80er73
      @diewilden80er73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Vincent Ong III I really hope so. Thank you!

    • @diewilden80er73
      @diewilden80er73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@lorimiller4301 To be able to travel to those magic places makes a big difference. Meeting different cultures and get to know them...

    • @geetanjaliboghani3118
      @geetanjaliboghani3118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Beauty because few people and tourism is not much popular

    • @toiy6556
      @toiy6556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Vincent Ong III you never"... Never say never?

  • @MaryMacElveen
    @MaryMacElveen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I am watching this now as I see the world ripping apart. It gives me hope to see groups of people living simple lives by our standards and thriving. 🥰

    • @invictus9976
      @invictus9976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thriving they're not.

    • @izazbaig953
      @izazbaig953 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hope you will visit these beautiful valleys and people some days and will enjoy hospitality and respect of the Pakistanis 🇵🇰

  • @CaliforniaCarpenter7
    @CaliforniaCarpenter7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I can vouch for the fact that Lost Horizons is an incredible book. One of the very few books I’ve ever read more than twice. Excellent doc!

    • @achillesglacia7700
      @achillesglacia7700 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But it was a lie

    • @CaliforniaCarpenter7
      @CaliforniaCarpenter7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@achillesglacia7700 It was just fiction. James Hilton never told The World that "Shangrila" was a real place, he wrote about fictional characters having a fictional trip. It's all good.

  • @shreyamaz
    @shreyamaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Wonderful documentary ! the cameraman should be given the most credits for capturing such beautiful landscapes of himalayas.
    But, I felt bad for these kalash people that their numbers are decreasing day by day. Their Kalash culture which is so beautiful. They should be preserved and they should be given protection as well.

    • @soylentgreenispeople3337
      @soylentgreenispeople3337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don't think a woman would like it there.

    • @calmee9117
      @calmee9117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Unfortunately, a lot of stuff in the commentary was incorrect and concocted. I have briefly posted some facts in my comment.

    • @natdizzle4259
      @natdizzle4259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lol yeah Muslims are known for their hospitality you should go see for urself I'm sure it will be great

    • @saleemsiddiqui1870
      @saleemsiddiqui1870 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      YES Government is giving lots of respect & protection.

    • @SA_SovereigntyForPatriots
      @SA_SovereigntyForPatriots 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@natdizzle4259 yes, YOU should, ignoramus.

  • @luisboza4361
    @luisboza4361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    places and people we' ll never know if it weren't for this wonderful video. LET THE PEACE BE WITH US.

    • @kammleitersigrid3629
      @kammleitersigrid3629 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am very interesting too.
      My husband is pakistani.
      I don t have interest in this Land. But i met Himmel and Look very much this beautyful Films. I hope so much, time is coming to met his Family.
      They wait for me a long time now.
      I read a book of Ruth Pfau. She was there for more of half of her life.
      She was catholic nun there an Looking after Lepra illness....she win the fight with Lepra. She love so much this Land and the people of Pakistan, that she stay there and help with building Hospitals ...... she was a very nice woman.
      People love her very much there.
      I have tears when i read her book or watch Interviews about her and her life in Pakistan.

  • @BeautifulThingBoutiq
    @BeautifulThingBoutiq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you so much for producing this fascinating documentary and sharing with us. Shangri-La, the Shambla, lives within each one of us for hope, inspiration, aspiration, and safe haven.

  • @louellacentina89
    @louellacentina89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Im an artist and as if seeing this docu it seems that i teleport my body inti this wonderful amazing places,congratulations to all involved in this great documentary! Its a great risk involving thier lives in creating this true to life documentary thank u for sharing and again to this beautiful people who filmed this docu may u live ten thousand years wishing u all d best

  • @nasirhussain9883
    @nasirhussain9883 5 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    Being native of GILGIT BALTISTAN I am very thankful to David for making such a wonderful documentary

    • @naveed418
      @naveed418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      He is actually ridiculing you and your countrymen
      Did u even hear what rubbish he is spewing?

    • @abeltasman225
      @abeltasman225 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Only goras do it

    • @elcruzer6706
      @elcruzer6706 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@naveed418
      What are you OK??? This is a beautiful documentary. The only 'ridicule' is in your eyes.

    • @shamakanwal3284
      @shamakanwal3284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Brother you need a slap ,

    • @MayimHastings
      @MayimHastings 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Hope you are well and safe, Nasir, after this long year. It’s so heartwarming to know that you loved this documentary, too! I hope it fills everyone from that part of the world with pride. Sending love and prayers from Atlanta

  • @VideoSaySo
    @VideoSaySo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    I'm an American, born and raised in the South, but have spent 40 or so years in many places. In all of my travels, out of the many people I've met, Pakistanis imo are the most wonderful, kind and funny of them all!

    • @VideoSaySo
      @VideoSaySo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @Mr K If any place is blessed, Pakistan surely is! I only wish a divine blessing could be bestowed on the people there suffering years of war at the hands of the godless and evil.

    • @sjr7822
      @sjr7822 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Mr K Old saying 'fences make good neighbors." What do you mean 'India just got a 'slap' few months ago?

    • @ronanrogers4127
      @ronanrogers4127 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Very good at cricket too...my favourite fast bowlers are all Pakistanis, great fast swing bowlers.

    • @uroojnafees3436
      @uroojnafees3436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      💚💚💚

    • @eliedgecomb4903
      @eliedgecomb4903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      SJ R The saying is from people misreading a Robert Frost poem with the message that fences do very much the opposite.

  • @saqlainmushtaq1.0
    @saqlainmushtaq1.0 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a master piece !
    The whole region is Shangri-la (Heaven on earth) . Now this area is known as Gilgit Baltistan , a hub for tourism, Mountaineering, and Geographical aspect. I am son of the soil.
    I miss it alot.

  • @narnie244
    @narnie244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    It's amazing to me that a hike over a mountain is like stepping into a time machine. I envy there simple life they have everything they need.

    • @chubtoad157
      @chubtoad157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Until you need health care.

    • @mauisunrise8092
      @mauisunrise8092 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That tour could be promoted as time travel. Back into the past lifestyle❗️

  • @fatimazaky6353
    @fatimazaky6353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Wonderful documentary. I should like to quote what you said at the end of your documentary.- that everyone needs a Shangri-la to escape to, even if only a mental escape. You're right, man's basic emotional need is freedom .

  • @AmyRach1979
    @AmyRach1979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Not sure how this ended up in my feed but I very much enjoyed this❤

  • @mritzs5142
    @mritzs5142 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    David In general , I adore your work. This particular one I now have watched for the 3rd time. It is perfectly balanced in both physical and spiritual attributes Thank you, I hope to travel to Nepal this year and the energy of this part of the world calls to me

  • @emitch9213
    @emitch9213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Thoroughly enjoyable to journey along side your quest for the Milton's Shangri-la. I found the pleasure of your beautiful photography with coming into another's culture with full respect of their home. The warmth of the people was palpable. Thank you.

  • @rudymanansala1531
    @rudymanansala1531 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    So Beautiful and BREATHAKING VIEW of the SHANRI-LA!!!! Love it!!!

  • @SaminaShahid
    @SaminaShahid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    I am a native Hunza.I read the book in 2012 and watched the movie immediately after completing the book. It was stunning. Have been bing watching documentaries on your channel and came across this one. Grea work!

    • @isabellaekins8618
      @isabellaekins8618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hi Samina, is it true that native Hunza women can get pregnant and deliver healthy babies in their 40s and 50s-some articles on the Internet say even in their 60s?

    • @SaminaShahid
      @SaminaShahid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@isabellaekins8618 In forties yes they did but now usually women marriage age is between 25-30. Women now prefer to get married after completing education of 16 years and entertaining a proper career path, some career oriented women marries even till 35.now a days the number of kids in a family is not more than four , i guess the average number is 3 not more than that. So having babies in 40s is not common now a days. In older times the marriage age was 7-16 for both genders. Families were bigger the usually had more kids like atlest 5 and the number went up or more than 20 yet the mortality rate of infants was higher because of no proper medical facilities for child birth and other child illnesses of early days. Even me and my two brothers were born at home without any assistance of nurse or any doctor in 90s.Duriing my grandmother times they use to have babies till older ages.It was pretty common for a daughter in law and a mother in law having babes at same time. the ate less and healthy, worked in fields through out the day so what they eat was digested and they stiayed healthy and fit. I am not sure of current times... I know a few women who married late and had healthy babies in their forties but I cant pass a judgement for the entire population becaue I am not aware of any proper research done in this regard in current times. Maybe In older times it was common but when we analyse common practices they miggt have had babies till 50s...even than I dont think every child was a healthy child because all the women i know from my grandmother times tells stories of dead babies and the number of births they had was pretty high. My maternal grandmother gave birth to more than 20 kids but only 7 survived. This was the case of almost every woman. Mortality rate of infants was higher than survival rate. But yes those who survived the early age ilnesses had healtier lives and their life expectancy was higher too...

    • @isabellaekins8618
      @isabellaekins8618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@SaminaShahid Thank you for such an informative and thorough reply!

    • @Rosie-fj7yr
      @Rosie-fj7yr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Didn't enjoy it.

    • @ravenalbj
      @ravenalbj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@isabellaekins8618 My grandmother gave birth to my uncle at the age of 50 in Romania. It was her 7th child.
      As a child I knew a few women who gave birth at that age. All the children born were healthy. Perhaps the modern life is the problem with giving birth after 40.

  • @michaelpisani5962
    @michaelpisani5962 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fantastic journey to one of my favorite "literary places". Just a masterpiece of a journey through cultures and parts of the world we hear about but seldom see up close. Thank you. David!

  • @sumaiyafarah612
    @sumaiyafarah612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I knew an old Scottish woman who told me, you, the people of east, are lucky. You know so many things. She tried to learn meditation but didn’t find good teacher. This Shaman reminds me of her. The east has many secrets.

  • @lailakhankhan90
    @lailakhankhan90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Having visited most of the places in this video, and gone back thrice, it runs in the blood, this video has been most entertaining, now to get Lost Horizon from a bookstore in Pakistan when next visiting! The valleys of Hunza are covered with apricot trees... In the summers, all the rooftops are orange in colour. The women dry the harvests in the sun, for winter food.. Sunrises hitting the glaciers and mountain tops into gold, below the gold of the apricots lighting up... magical moments... Indeed Shangrila!
    They say the people of Hunza's longevity is because of healthy diets, especially apricot and its oil....

    • @elcruzer6706
      @elcruzer6706 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sounds heavenly. Maybe in my next life.

    • @zackary1232
      @zackary1232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Post some pictures of what you are talking about.

    • @lukejacobs2553
      @lukejacobs2553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      the hunza are relatives of the illyrian albanian tribes left there from Alexander the greats time they even have the same dog with the same DNA same war dances and clothing

    • @Mustafa-yw7cl
      @Mustafa-yw7cl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lukejacobs2553 dogs DNA or human DNA?

    • @lukejacobs2553
      @lukejacobs2553 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mustafa-yw7cl both

  • @dannytran9063
    @dannytran9063 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thank you for bringing Shangrila to me and many other viewers. I enjoyed watching you and listen to your narrating, I can tell that you have found Shangrila everyday in your life. May God blessed you, your family and the whole world.

  • @Incountry
    @Incountry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    I first discovered this area in 1989, I was 17 and traveling to Pakistan to ride a motorcycle across the Punjab…
    it was equivalent of a 5 Star tourist area that you’d expect in Japan/Korea, had cherry trees that were blossoming, ancient paths, clean air, crisp cold water straight from hand pump wells that sat in large terracotta pots..
    You’d never know you were in Pakistan…

    • @eileenbell8482
      @eileenbell8482 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The music is too loud .

    • @moon-ud8tq
      @moon-ud8tq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wow! a motorcycle trip! As I watched the trucks driven through these far away areas, I wondered where the drivers got gasoline or what would happen if they ran low....

    • @Incountry
      @Incountry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@moon-ud8tq
      The truck drivers always carried fuel on board 50 gallon drum for such problems, but there were many fuel stops along the way that didn’t look like gas stations, more of a shop front with multiple 50 gallon drums out front, nowadays it’s like any other gas station you’d see everywhere…
      They even washed the bike down after filling up, $0.20 that included the gas.

    • @moonistew
      @moonistew 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Incountry , got it, thanks.

    • @huzaifa-682
      @huzaifa-682 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eileenbell8482 u must be fun at parties😂

  • @Farid-Abbasi
    @Farid-Abbasi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    Thank you so much for your nice depiction of Pakistani mountains and landscape.
    I'm a bookseller in Islamabad and often tourists visit us and demand books on northern areas of pakistan on which we have a large Collection.
    We also have last horizons book in many editions including the one you show in the video.( I also know the bookstore where you have picked up that book. It's situated in the market which is near to where our bookstore is. That bookstore is One of the oldest bookstores of Pakistan.)
    I tell the customer about this book as well and mention your video to them.
    We had growing numbers of tourists coming recent years .
    I hope it continues after the covid stuff is over.
    💕 From Pakistan

    • @dungeonmonkey2495
      @dungeonmonkey2495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      pakistan is amazing. id love to go there just to see the indus valley ruins let alone the mountains! greetings from australia

    • @lindamclaughlin1061
      @lindamclaughlin1061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Greetings from Boston in the US. Thank you for sharing; the world seems much smaller when we can share in this way. What an incredible people you are, living in a beautiful place. Blessings to you.

    • @maliks472
      @maliks472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Where's your bookstore bro in Isb?

    • @sir_humpy
      @sir_humpy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I don't need to go to Pakistan. Pakistan came to me in Canada.

    • @maumorris8610
      @maumorris8610 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sir_humpy how?

  • @alicesmith7913
    @alicesmith7913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +289

    The art work, amazing. The scenery, with its vast landscape, totally captivating. The welcoming hospitality, kindness and acceptance shown to complete strangers from foreign lands of different races, cultures and religions, is in itself Shangri-La. Sometimes, the very things we go deep in search of, we miss because we fail to open our mind, our heart and our eyes to the possibility, of it being in front of us.

    • @lotus7089
      @lotus7089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ancient vedic civilization remnants

    • @lotus7089
      @lotus7089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indus civilization

    • @rajaraob7033
      @rajaraob7033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Read Madam Blovetsky autobiography.

    • @rajaraob7033
      @rajaraob7033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's not a cty with Cinema halls pubs, nd casinos.Its spiritual place.One should have spiritually matured toexplore.

    • @taniagarciaduenas2522
      @taniagarciaduenas2522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is no difference between us human beings we all remain the same there is no difference to what god Pose life humility is true demand there is no comparison 🙏

  • @stephanieparker1250
    @stephanieparker1250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    This was brilliant. Lots of amazing scenery and I love the glimpses into the local cultures.

    • @Chris-zn2pz
      @Chris-zn2pz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The woke reporting of today would tell them you are wrong about your own beliefs.

  • @kmkhare385
    @kmkhare385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is global best & beautiful valley. Situated in Pakistan, in Himalaya terrain. Icy & bone chilled cold place. Women are beautiful. Men are healthy live long life.
    You have explored wonderful & untouched places. Thanks for cinematography of beautiful valley.

  • @Ken-cb3gp
    @Ken-cb3gp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    One of the best documentaries that I've watched. The stories, the scenary and the people are all interesting.

    • @hafsahabbasi238
      @hafsahabbasi238 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      why don't you experience yourself?

  • @jaylenfrank
    @jaylenfrank 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    One may appreciate the way the man turned around to make sure the elder gentleman whom fell from the moving truck was OK. He looked back and waited to make sure the man moved well as he rose off the floor. We as witnesses have much to appreciate.

  • @lvn968
    @lvn968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Love this area, like second home, been many times and planning to go back. Sone areas are definitely Shangri La worthy up to me ! One can even stay in the Shangri La hotel near Skardu, beautiful place if only the armies baracks were not so close.....

  • @meetumishra4214
    @meetumishra4214 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ca'nt thank you enough for taking all of us,on this incredible journey of a lifetime!! Heartfelt thanks to the entire team!! 💐💐💐💐💐

  • @barrymccamley5986
    @barrymccamley5986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I visited a place in the mountains of north western China called Xiangelila pronounced Shangarilila and there was a beautifull valley and a Buddhist Temple in the same style.

    • @barrymccamley5986
      @barrymccamley5986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The name of the temple was Songzanlin and it was in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of NW Yunnan province and can be accessed by mini bus from Lijiang city.

    • @sunnychandel6475
      @sunnychandel6475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's in mustang valley of nepal.

    • @peekaboopeekaboo1165
      @peekaboopeekaboo1165 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sunnychandel6475
      How can it be in Nepal?

  • @viv3541
    @viv3541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    So glad this popped up in my recommendations. The region around Hunza valley and Skardu has always had this mystical allure to it. I wish I can visit once in my lifetime. Excellent storytelling that is leagues ahead of today's vlogs.

    • @hafsahabbasi238
      @hafsahabbasi238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      well, I welcome you here by heart and we'll definitely have a worth experience.

  • @darveshzamindar
    @darveshzamindar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    My sweet home . One of the loveliest places on earth . Birth place of Polo .

    • @asimarslan1460
      @asimarslan1460 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely!!!!...👍
      Respect from Quetta.

    • @j.k.ahir_
      @j.k.ahir_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Polo game🤣🤣🤣

    • @darveshzamindar
      @darveshzamindar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Habazlam Bazaza The 4th South Asia

  • @DUKEJETT80
    @DUKEJETT80 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    IT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE THESE DOCU'S....BUT WHAT I FIND MOST AMAZING, IS THE INTERACTIONS OF THE PEOPLE FROM ALL CULTURES AND BACKGROUNDS COMING TO ONE PLACE TO VOICE THEIR THOUGHTS!
    PEACE TO EVERYONE THAT FEELS WE ARE AS OUR MAKER MADE US.

  • @kbone8137
    @kbone8137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    I've been to Pakistan 4 times since 1996, and it was wonderful to see all the familiar haunts. I LOVED the people and deep villages, massive peaks, and beautiful floral crags on the treks we did. Plus, I met the woman who would become my wife in Rumbur, one of the Kailashi villages near Chitral. Bismilah Ir-Raqman Ir-Raqim! I would love to go again and again.

    • @fayazlogics9621
      @fayazlogics9621 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/m9fuwUXel5Q/w-d-xo.html

    • @TAM-90
      @TAM-90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Where are you from and did you marry a kalashi woman?

    • @kbone8137
      @kbone8137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@TAM-90 The States. Nah, she was a solo Korean traveler (when we met) and loved my amazing tekking stove. I knew instantly this was a woman of quality, hehe. To the graceful Kalashi women, I probably looked like another traveling idiot to be ignored, hehe.

    • @LazyIncubuss
      @LazyIncubuss 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kbone8137 you're not idiot and you're welcome to visit us in Pakistan again with your wife

    • @kbone8137
      @kbone8137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@LazyIncubuss I do sense you are one of those lovely Pakistanis I truly enjoyed sharing endless cups of tea with. We do hope to return one day. We have a couple more treks near Nanga Parbat and Rakaposhi to explore. Insha'Allah it happens! A brotherly hug to you and yours, mera dost!

  • @vincewhite5087
    @vincewhite5087 5 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    Should just ask the cameraman. He is always ahead of you.

  • @oratiateacherdonaghy5903
    @oratiateacherdonaghy5903 2 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    My husband and I cycled through Northern Pakistan and China and we came across a village hidden in a desert in the hills that had an abundance of fruit. It had a fortresses from the 3rd centuary. The rocks on the way to this had stone age carving. This was Shangri-la, . I think this was really it .

    • @iftikherahmed3581
      @iftikherahmed3581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Or u dutch? I remember a dutch couple met us on the road leading to khunjrab from hunza?that was a dutch couple

    • @moon-ud8tq
      @moon-ud8tq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hmmm no answer yet?

    • @sukhpreetsinghartist6080
      @sukhpreetsinghartist6080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Congratulations,,that was your shagrilla,,,,god choose few peoples,,,if one is extra honest noble,,,Shangri la appears

    • @carolbaughan8768
      @carolbaughan8768 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sukhpreetsinghartist6080 love it!

    • @usamailyascheema8957
      @usamailyascheema8957 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes that is Shangrilla valley, near to skardu. Very beautiful, lush green fields, abundance of fruit trees, specially apricot. People are soo lovely and hospitable. And yes there is a fort as-well.

  • @yunhosmile
    @yunhosmile 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember watching "Lost Horizon" the film. I think it was made in the 1930s or 40s. It stayed with me my whole life. I actually thought it was called Shangri-la this whole time though lol! Such a great film🤗🥰

  • @ProximaCentauri88
    @ProximaCentauri88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This is for me the best documentary I have seen in 2021 so far. I'm awestruck by the beautiful culture, enchanting landscape, and the enigmatic story of Shangri-La.

  • @gardenia73mccready79
    @gardenia73mccready79 5 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    I remember my mum saying do not laugh at that which you do not understand. - awesome video's David Adams

    • @rashidhakim7021
      @rashidhakim7021 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      OFTEN, Good advise.

    • @andisetiyawan1292
      @andisetiyawan1292 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      God Bless your Mom

    • @gardenia73mccready79
      @gardenia73mccready79 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andisetiyawan1292 thank you kind people.

    • @gardenia73mccready79
      @gardenia73mccready79 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @benjamin ollis with resources available now I would hope one would research & become alot more informed & educated about the unfamiliar. All the same humor can be good.

    • @Nostalgia_Addict
      @Nostalgia_Addict 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gardenia73mccready79 where are you from, brother?

  • @EvotrekORIGINAL
    @EvotrekORIGINAL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That guys smile at 38:45 is something else. I would have been scared to drink the tea, haha.

  • @twinflowerfioretta
    @twinflowerfioretta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Absolutely awesome journey, my greatest respect for the whole crew ! It was a pleasure to watch it and at the end a bliss - breathtaking beauty, majestic landscape and a very nice house ! Thanks for posting, i subscribed.

  • @nidafatima439
    @nidafatima439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    i don't know exactly how old this documentary is. but i am so sure its pretty old. I've just visited hunza the fort he entered in is called BALTIT FORT. it is now a historical heritage. and this place is so populated now. and u will be safe there. as a solo female traveller it was an amazing journey for me.

    • @AliHaiderDar
      @AliHaiderDar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It looks like from 2003-2007

    • @moon-ud8tq
      @moon-ud8tq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wow, Hunza where people live long and healthy lives.

    • @TooLittleInfo
      @TooLittleInfo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The credit at the end said 2001. Thanks for sharing your experience, i would love to visit there one day and glad to hear you had a good experience as a solo female traveller

  • @michellec4455
    @michellec4455 5 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    That was as nice a fairytale as any! I really enjoyed getting lost in this story. Great stress reliever ;) Loved it!

    • @michaeltrobinson729
      @michaeltrobinson729 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I want to grow afro like yours.

    • @michellec4455
      @michellec4455 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@michaeltrobinson729 Thanks! Let me know how it turns out! Hahaha!

    • @bulletsfordinner8307
      @bulletsfordinner8307 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@michaeltrobinson729 😂 me too

    • @ghazanfarmehmood2121
      @ghazanfarmehmood2121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is called fairly land and heaven on earth the northern Pakistan

    • @vishalkanojia1983
      @vishalkanojia1983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      its not fairytale its truth that only few has found. if u want to find that valley, meet shrimat ram swami currently staying in india and has visited shangrila mystical valley(th-cam.com/video/QGyLnvwY1Hc/w-d-xo.html) and has wrote books on it www.amazon.in/Books-Shrimat-Shankar-Swami/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AShrimat+Shankar+Swami

  • @minigrande1939
    @minigrande1939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I HAVE BEEN to This part of Pakistan.I am very well travelled .I had only been to Machu Pichu in Peru one of the Seven wanders 2 months before
    Yet this place my heart was lost to here .It seamed like The gods had and only could personally design such epic landscape

  • @shavonne4831
    @shavonne4831 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Watching this was as equally serene as it was worrisome for this man and his crews safety. Beautiful and brave documentary.

  • @otaku1524
    @otaku1524 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    A well-told story. Even if Shangri-La is not a physical place, it exists in the minds and hearts of thousands of souls. And maybe this is its real home after all.

  • @amazinggrace5692
    @amazinggrace5692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    “How does your light shine in the halls of Shambala?” Edit: thanks to all the Three Dog Night fans! So many great songs from them. Not to mention the amazing hair! Much love. 💕🐝

    • @nancysmith9981
      @nancysmith9981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I believe, did the 13 th insight book come out ?

    • @gustavoemannueldeangolasil243
      @gustavoemannueldeangolasil243 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      An book write to out effects of drugs LCD Imagination what want .Or praise the seen of empire british like great in conquer place of world include the magic city from shamba la what.

    • @wmanadeau7860
      @wmanadeau7860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@gustavoemannueldeangolasil243 Lyrics from a popular song from 50 years ago. Memories.

    • @gustavoemannueldeangolasil243
      @gustavoemannueldeangolasil243 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wmanadeau7860 yes but the Inspiration of your Imagination can be about affects of drugs all author of book Adventure magic use drugs in your Imagination world.

    • @gustavoemannueldeangolasil243
      @gustavoemannueldeangolasil243 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How not compare that?

  • @bonniewalker9421
    @bonniewalker9421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The Duke Of The Abruzzi climbed K-2. That’s where he found his Shangri-La. The Duke Of The Abruzzi Pass is in this area. Beautiful topography. Living up above the clouds.

    • @soniag4516
      @soniag4516 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yet each one dies and turns to dust or ashes

  • @shereef3823
    @shereef3823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cool journey...Love the landscape and the culture...My thoughts on Shangra La...The most peaceful place James Hilton experienced, after his plane crash, thanking God he was still alive, and experienceing the landscape...certainly he felt that area WAS...Shangra La!

  • @paulphelps7809
    @paulphelps7809 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is a good video. For a long time I've greatly appreciated James Hilton's story
    and wondered where was the original setting for it. The Hunza valley seems right
    or very near to it. Viewing this travelogue is a real pleasure. So this is Shangri La.

  • @sharmishthamukherjee9820
    @sharmishthamukherjee9820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    It's not only tantric Buddhism it's also place of learning called taxila University. Ancient sages used to come here in search of peace and salvation

    • @soniag4516
      @soniag4516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Demon possession of human souls is nothing to brag about.

    • @sandrosadhukhan
      @sandrosadhukhan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@soniag4516 have heard of lord and saviour Jesus Christ?

    • @marcusthejoodasmacker1221
      @marcusthejoodasmacker1221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sandrosadhukhan 😂😂😂😂

    • @alenorraiden1
      @alenorraiden1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Takshshila

    • @KV-db9gw
      @KV-db9gw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh this was takshashila?

  • @VincentGill3
    @VincentGill3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I believe that Shangri-la and the Holy grail is the feeling of peace at the heart of every human being which can be obtained by turning the senses inward.

  • @shurveydevon9608
    @shurveydevon9608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This for me is one of the best documented roadtrips thus far. Nicely done!!

  • @albertortega7160
    @albertortega7160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Shang gri la just like Shambhala are states of mind. The state of mind suggests the highest level of Positivity of love and compassion. The Kalachakra suggests its a place of peace. Peace, genuine peace is something we could have.

  • @dawar14
    @dawar14 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Beautiful country with beautiful people. Gorgeous landscapes !

    • @zee2826
      @zee2826 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you

    • @worldsoldestcivilization
      @worldsoldestcivilization 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Unless you're an Ahmediya. They don't like you very much then.

    • @noone3272
      @noone3272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Beautiful country - yes.
      But beautiful people......?

    • @faisalmohammad3500
      @faisalmohammad3500 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@noone3272 yes beautifull peopel but your Country peopel.......??

    • @maxim1-h4e
      @maxim1-h4e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@noone3272 Did you use skin bleaching creams to try and look like these people? I hear skin bleaching is big in india because you indians secretly wish to look like these people i.e. Pakistanis 🤣

  • @priya-jeevithaaram9045
    @priya-jeevithaaram9045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    What a Marvel ....Heartiest Thanks to everyone's efforts in the crew making this wonderful documentary....I love all your docs.!!! 🌻🤗🌞

  • @sophiatealdo9680
    @sophiatealdo9680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes! - Heaven is Now On Earth - and so it is - Blessings.

  • @donnamealy4877
    @donnamealy4877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    This is such a beautiful documentary. Thank you so much.

    • @missinginbc
      @missinginbc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thankful we have a better society.

  • @gmaureen
    @gmaureen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    I remember seeing the movie Lost Horizon (1937) staring Ronald Colman and thinking it was the best fantasy ever.

    • @coreyham3753
      @coreyham3753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Interesting .... maybe it is Shangri La

    • @AlexanderZamfir
      @AlexanderZamfir 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ah I remember. I was in that one

    • @ellenmendoza7246
      @ellenmendoza7246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A wonderful film

    • @tenzint1944
      @tenzint1944 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AlexanderZamfir seriously 😳

    • @withgoddess8029
      @withgoddess8029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I saw it about the 65 years ago. I was absolutely obsessed with it. And I never forgot it and I'm sure it actually shaped my attitudes and the outcome of my life.

  • @ladyrachel13
    @ladyrachel13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    This is a very interesting documentary. It certainly gives me another view of Pakistan. I really enjoyed watching it and learning from it.
    I have always thought that Shangri-la was more of a state mind than an actual place. ✌

    • @adeelahmed718
      @adeelahmed718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thanks for your loving words for Pakistan 🌷❤🌷

    • @ladyrachel13
      @ladyrachel13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@adeelahmed718 you're welcome. 🙋💖

    • @adeelahmed718
      @adeelahmed718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You personally visit Pakistan and I hope then you feel you visit heaven and feel more good and see real picture of Pakistan.

    • @waqarazem4650
      @waqarazem4650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      MashaAllah. Thnks fr such words about our homeland

    • @hafsahabbasi238
      @hafsahabbasi238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nice to hear, well just heed over to it and feel the serene beauties yourself. I must say you would have a worth experience.

  • @victorvaliantofficial
    @victorvaliantofficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done ;D He actually found Shangri-la that inspired the story. I always liked the quote "This is my personal Shangri-la". Great he used that quote when he found it haha ;) Cheers

  • @malgaa3655
    @malgaa3655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This is mesmerizing, hidden beauty of a lost world on this planet seems emerge between the valleys of Pakistan, the final destination is heavenly. It indeed is a soul desiring place. I do not know whether to understand it from a place of knowing, a call or a memory from the past or an unfolding of a future in a better world... Thank you for such a wonderful documentary 🧡

    • @MamasGroove
      @MamasGroove 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Beautifully Said!

    • @rtkyalpazz2497
      @rtkyalpazz2497 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      👍🏽✊🏽🙏🏽

    • @FLATSWISS
      @FLATSWISS 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So true, now in 2022 it has become clearly obvious that this location and all others are actually on our Plane Earth Realm and not on a spinning space rock in a soul lure system … please look into it and remember the truth is the truth even if nobody believes it and a lie is a lie even if everyone believes it… see YT channels DITRH and Eric Dubay…
      Peace and Love on the Plane Earth Sister

  • @lucasbenjamin9418
    @lucasbenjamin9418 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    26:40 it does my heart joy to see this. a stranger meeting a stranger and shaking hands pure out of curiousity. it became a habit in these cultures. how we can learn so much from each other as cultures if we respect the differences in each other, not wrong them but instead be curious and adopt.

  • @rooneye
    @rooneye 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    3:09 "You can get anything in Peshawar..." Cut to a kitchen sink. Perfect. 😂

    • @ImehSmith
      @ImehSmith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂🤣🤣👍👍

    • @neena2695
      @neena2695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      hahaha

  • @aungmyint147
    @aungmyint147 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a great story-telling of Shangri-la: really great.

  • @Evan-hq5dt
    @Evan-hq5dt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    “My mouth is freezing.” Meanwhile, cameraman has blue jeans on and is setting up the tent.

    • @maryannswanson3832
      @maryannswanson3832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I am sure he has on long underwear that is super warm!

  • @terrreptiles3477
    @terrreptiles3477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    What I learned in this documentary: 20:40 don't jump out of the back of a moving truck

    • @dildilpakistan1100
      @dildilpakistan1100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      that was...
      I rewinded again just to see, was that person alright?... he perfectly was 😂

    • @kathyshepherd7117
      @kathyshepherd7117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😁😁😁

    • @op-cf3gt
      @op-cf3gt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      hahahha i am from pakistan this happens every day here
      sory for bad english

    • @muhammadhashim73
      @muhammadhashim73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      here😂

    • @qualifying2359
      @qualifying2359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you should jump running, the inertia would make you fall if stationary.

  • @nantahayala2294
    @nantahayala2294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I spent my Saturday afternoon watching your video, I absolutely love it and hope someday to be able to visit thank you so much.

    • @adeelahmed718
      @adeelahmed718 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your watching. Well come dear always our beautiful foreigners guests 🌷❤🌷

  • @nadeemahmed5069
    @nadeemahmed5069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    With few exceptions the facts quoted are correct. There were few things ,even being a native of the place, I didn’t know. I was expecting it to be more mysterious but a great watch overall. ❤

  • @cecildemille190
    @cecildemille190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I visited Peshawar, Chitral and Swat Valley in 1994. Kailash people and their villages are my most beautiful memories. They deserve more than ten minutes. The man would should be king by John Huston (novel by Rudyard Kipling) talks, through the legend, about Kailash civilization...

    • @roseharvey2664
      @roseharvey2664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very interesting places, visited them in 1984.

    • @greenjupiter
      @greenjupiter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Love to hear you visited my valley. Hope you were treated well there

    • @roseharvey2664
      @roseharvey2664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@greenjupiter very well.

    • @cecildemille190
      @cecildemille190 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@greenjupiter Sure I was welcomed by Pakistanese people. Great memories : going by bus and train from Karachi to Chitral, visiting a lot of places... Wonderful trip along Indus river to the mountain. .

    • @jusme4142
      @jusme4142 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah but his narrations about their history weren’t facts.

  • @SueMaha21
    @SueMaha21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wow. One of the best documentaries I have ever seen. This place reminds me of the mountains in Salalah, Oman. Also looks like the end of the earth. Except in Salalah there were the wild untamed Indian oceans alongside the towering, rugged, barren mountains.

    • @BlowinFree
      @BlowinFree 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I watched a brilliant program on Oman, I’d love to visit. I’d love a bottle of rose water from there

  • @CelestialShaman44
    @CelestialShaman44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Beautiful!! The experience with human, spirits and the relationship with both.

  • @davidparker2173
    @davidparker2173 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really appreciated this. I believe every soul longs for something of kind, a place that steps beyond the world, but, of course, always proves to be elusive, at least, materially.

  • @SbtynHassan
    @SbtynHassan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I am from Gilgit baltistan thanks for exploring the beauty and culture of gb thanks David for such a video documentary on Gilgit baltistan💜💜

    • @Jacksparrow-zf9tn
      @Jacksparrow-zf9tn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love to UT of Jammu and kashmir from the state of Karnataka 🇮🇳

    • @woodwoody1730
      @woodwoody1730 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jacksparrow-zf9tn love from Gilgit pakistan .

  • @bluesage1528
    @bluesage1528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    The heaven at the end of the Earth happened to be a deserted fort... while enlightenment is waiting inside your heart, for your attention :)

    • @anubisfearlessheart4664
      @anubisfearlessheart4664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Beautiful Words Peace and 💗 Aunbis Fearless Heart 💝♓️☯️ to all Howling Howling Howling 🌻🌼

    • @j4m32hz6
      @j4m32hz6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true

    • @glennmosher1338
      @glennmosher1338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It is Baltit Fort at Karimabad. Funny he didn't name it.

    • @simmisaa7905
      @simmisaa7905 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    • @darcy5823
      @darcy5823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Beautifully said!

  • @catherinegrimes2308
    @catherinegrimes2308 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In 1994, I went on tour from Islamabad then along the Karakoram Highway to Kashgar in China, then we went to Kirgizstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan where we visited Samarkand, Shahrisabz and Bukhara. On the Karakoram Highway we went to the Hunza Valley and stayed at Karimabad, it was lovely there and this video reminds me of it.

    • @salimas7979
      @salimas7979 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow! Plz share the tour operator info.

  • @ericswain4177
    @ericswain4177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I believe that If one looks close enough and goes to the right place one may find their own Shangri-La where they live or close by. Shangri-La may be more of a state of mind when one is in an environment and is affected by its exceptional spiritual aesthetics to that person. I may have not had the luxury of traveling to the ends of the Earth, yet I have found exceptional places of exceptional spiritual aesthetics that allowed my beingness to ascend to exceptional heights. I hope that each of you finds there's it may be right at one's back door.

    • @Andrew-Johnson
      @Andrew-Johnson ปีที่แล้ว

      The LORD hаth аppeared оf оld untо me, sаying, Yeа, I have lоved thee with аn everlаsting lоve: therefоre with lоvingkindness have I drаwn thee. (Jer. 31:3)🎈🎊

  • @sueferris3685
    @sueferris3685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Amazing documentary, but the real success of it for me is David Adams. He's the perfect traveler/narrator.

    • @rainbowranddy
      @rainbowranddy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      and seems to have perfectly tailored, freshly laundered, pressed wardrobe arriving from somewhere off camera, quite regularly. With elegantly styled hair.

    • @brockbeckham5020
      @brockbeckham5020 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      he has great hair.

  • @DrinkingStar
    @DrinkingStar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Ever since having first seen the movie, "Lost Horizons" in the 1960s, I have always been fascinated with the idea of and the quest for Shangri-la. I have a copy of the movie and a copy of the book. I have viewed a number of videos dealing with and read much about Shangri-la. Using Google Earth, I have searched for the likely places described in Hilton's novel. After all my research I made a music video, posting it here on TH-cam, that comes slightly close to what I imagine as being Shangri-la according to Hilton.
    After all these years, I realize that Shangri-la is a place where your heart is. As a result, each of us has our own idea of Shangri-la. We only have to search for it from within. If it is not in your heart, you will never find your Shangri-la. After all my years of searching, I found that the beach is my Shangri-la .

    • @debbiemoodenbaugh9883
      @debbiemoodenbaugh9883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have watched a movie starring Olivia Hussey called Lost Horizon is it the same movie?

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@debbiemoodenbaugh9883 Olivia was in the 1973 remake of Lost Horizons. I had hoped that the 1973 version would remain faithful to the novel or to the 1937 version. Sadly, the 1973 version did not. If you can, see the 1937 version because it is far superior to the 1973 remake. Unfortunately, parts of the 1937 version were lost due to the deterioration of the film. If you see the movie, CInema Paradiso, you will see a scene that will show what can happen to celluloid film. Definitely see Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 movie of "Romeo and Juliet.
      I did not use scenes from the 1937 version because I was afraid that my video would be removed. Such things have happened with some of my other videos because of copyright problems.
      P.S. I hope you enjoyed my video interpretation of Shangri-la. I hope my video and the 1973 film version encourages you to read the novel and see the original 1937 film.

    • @debbiemoodenbaugh9883
      @debbiemoodenbaugh9883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I will try to find the 1937 version then…thanks so much. 👍

    • @Dblue-rhino
      @Dblue-rhino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Might be Chongri la in Sikkhim- very beautiful place. Limited access now because of the Chinese aggression.

    • @franklimbacher1975
      @franklimbacher1975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@debbiemoodenbaugh9883 it wasn’t faithful to the book, but the movie with Olivia Hussein in it had great music. I loved each of the songs, the overall philosophy, the landscape and Olivia Hussein was a cute little eyeful!

  • @lebogangdlaminilebogangdla1691
    @lebogangdlaminilebogangdla1691 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Well didn't know Pakistan is filled with the natural beauty of nature. Very beautiful
    I love your African documentaries Adam I have watched quite a couple of them thanks ey

    • @thegrimreapermagereheijn6017
      @thegrimreapermagereheijn6017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Not Pakistan but hindustan

    • @ayushagrawal1321
      @ayushagrawal1321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This part is inligally occupied by Pakistan

    • @maxim1-h4e
      @maxim1-h4e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@ayushagrawal1321 More like Kashmir is illegally occupied by india.

    • @Aurora-zu7sh
      @Aurora-zu7sh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@maxim1-h4e Pakistan didn't even exist before 1947.

    • @Hndjdj400
      @Hndjdj400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Can u guys stop fighting here. Kashmir on both the sides is beautiful and i would love to visit both India and Pakistan 💖
      Make love not war