Leaving you breathless - a trip along one of the world's highest roads LATEST BLOG! Another in the “Days Gone By” section: a trip up and down the mighty Karakoram Highway from Gilgit in Pakistan to Kashgar in China in 1988, just two years after this spectacular road opened to visitors. DAYS GONE BY Tea on the deck: houseboats on Lake Dal in Kashmir, India, in 1987 FLANDERS FIELDS Ieper, at the heart of the Ypres Salient, makes a great base for touring WWI sites and memorials DECCAN FORT The fort of Bidar in Karnataka was once the centre of a thriving empire HYDERABAD HISTORY St George’s Church in Hyderabad was founded in 1844 on land donated by the Nizam VENERABLE BIDAR The town may be scruffy and dusty, but it has a rich history with plenty to see TRAVEL SKETCHES Nothing says slow travel more than spending hours sketching or painting the scene in front of you