Way back in 2007 I was lucky to travel to Pakistan for a two-week visit with friends from Wales, Denmark and Pakistan. We travelled the country in a large minibus, taking in it’s extraordinary and varied geography. We spent a couple of days travelling to the Hunza region in the Karakoram Mountain range in the North East. The Mountains reach up to over 8,600 metres (28,000) feet but taking our time travelling along the often precarious road acclimatised us to the altitude. This is our first stop, Besham, which was beautiful but tragically some of the village had been destroyed in a recent earthquake.
When I came back home to Wales I created a full-colour monotype from my original sketchbook drawing. After travelling from Islamabad, through Abbotabad, we arrived in Besham at night in total darkness and when we woke up the next morning this fabulous view of the river and mountains greeted us.
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