Image 1: The Himalayas from the aircraft ;Image 2: Shangrila ;Image 3: Sunset ;Image 4: Cherry blossom ;Image 5: The mountains above Shangrila ;Image 6: The mountains above Shangrila ;Image 7: The mountains above Shangrila ;Image 8: Cherries and poplars ;Image 9: The Indus valley The Karakoram are on the left (East) and the Himalaya are on the right (West);Image 10: Upper Kachura Lake ;Image 11: By the Upper Kachura Lake ;Image 12: Cherries and poplars By the Upper Kachura Lake;Image 13: New spring colours ;Image 14: Poplars ;Image 15: At the head of the Indus ;Image 16: The Indus In early spring: in high summer the entire valley floor is flooded;Image 17: The Shigar valley Looking towards the confluence of the Indus;Image 18: The Shigar valley Looking up the valley towards Shigar town;Image 19: Shigar ;Image 20: The Shigar Fort The hotel we stayed at in Shigar;Image 21: The Shigar Fort A 400 year old fort now converted into a luxury hotel;Image 22: The gardens at the Shigar Fort ;Image 23: The view from the Shigar Fort ;Image 24: The First camp on our walk into the mountains The weather was deteriorating...;Image 25: High altitude forest Stunted junipers at around 3,500m;Image 26: Leopard tracks Leopard tracks in the snow near to our second camp. We didn't see the actual animal though, unfortunately;Image 27: Juniper tree in the high altitude forest ;Image 28: Snow-people ;Image 29: The Indus ;Image 30: Yak