The Lost Utopia In Pakistan's Mountains | Road To Shangri-La | Odyssey

[@NoMercy8008]

This is very very interesting :) Thank you very much for sharing it and making it available! Much appreciated! I, personally, find that there is a very interesting and important message more or less hidden in there: It doesn't necessarily matter if "shangri-la", or whatever name you wanna give it, is some actual place on earth or some place inside your soul or maybe just some state of mind. Everyone, every person, has their own shangri-la, somewhere or something that we feel is very peaceful, that gives us the opportunity to rest and replenish our strength and to find answers to the important questions we might have. On our very individual "road to shangri-la" there is much to learn. Sometimes about others, sometimes about yourself, sometimes spiritual in nature and sometimes mundane. If you really want to find your shangri-la, you have to open your eyes and your soul and watch out for what you find on the path. Ultimately, it's those things we learn, those experiences along the road, that will help us find actual peace and happiness. Again, that's how I personally see it and what I take with me from this documentary. And I kinda hope that many other people, for example some in the comments, learn to relinquish their hate and antipathy on their way to shangri-la... Anyways.. once again, thank you very much for sharing this video :) I love the message I see behind it and I appreciate and enjoy learning about the people and cultures along the way there :)

[@scottadkins9040]

Can y'all imagine the planning and logistics necessary to make these films? Wow..

[@user-k4d-e59mo28oc]

Nowadays, thanks to modern technology, lots of independent, amateur travel vloggers are doing just that, eg. "Wandering Emma."

[@ICONICCOINS]

The Shaman looks like Nikola Tesla 😅

[@RealWajahat]

Lol

[@toretto1341]

😂

[@nrm6454]

I have been to the Gilgit-Baltistan region a few few years back, it is a very beautiful region. There is now a hotel higher up the mountain where the fortress at the end of this video is. I believe its called the eagles nest, we did not stay there but it has a restaurant with excellent views of a seemingly endless mountain range.

[@itaafanjum984]

I believe this was filmed a while ago because the North of Pakistan does not have radicals anymore. Moreover, now we have proper roads to travel towards the more far off areas of Gilgit and Baltistan. Lastly, apart of firing, Pakistan has, for quite a while now, banned the display of weapons in public places, any such person would find him behind the bars in no time. Pakistan has changed a lot. I just wish more people could see it to deconstruct the stereotyping. Prayers for all of you

[@qwerty83484]

Now all of Pakistan has radicals not just the north 😂.

[@itaafanjum984]

@@qwerty83484 that's not a decent thing to say. Every country has its issues. Is yours issues free?

[@sunny56dx]

That must be filmed in early 2000s probably 2002-2003. I first visited hunza in 2007 when i was drastically different

[@chriscarrol9373]

I'd like to see a documentary where someone visits the USA and observes the locals and their strange customs as an outsider and shows how backwards they are. Oh wait I think Borat is on. Nevermind.

[@user-k4d-e59mo28oc]

@@itaafanjum984 Typical. Playing the victim. Well, that's not a decent thing to be written and read. *Quran 9:29* "Fight against those who do not believe in Allāh or in the Last Day." *Quran 8:12* "I shall cast t____r into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike them upon the necks..." *Quran 9:111* “Allah has indeed purchased from the believers their lives and wealth in exchange for Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah and k__ or be k____.” *Quran 9:123* “Believers! Fight against the disbelievers who are near to you; and let them find harshness in you. Know that Allah is with the God-fearing. O ye who believe!” *Quran 47:4* “So when you meet those who disbelieve, strike their necks until, when you have inflicted slau _______ upon them, then secure their bonds, and either confer favor afterwards or ransom them until the war lays down its burdens. That is the command. And those who are k______ in the cause of Allah . . . never will He waste their deeds.”

[@earlcedrickybobadili3050]

The only documentary where I find peace and harmony, a prime example of the beauty and power of nature. It's a paradise in there

[@hagipilo5017]

I watch this video at least twice a month... i don't know why. its very calming

[@bethbartlett5692]

*This Host is most likeable. I hope he continues his explorations and shares his discoveries, absent of constraints by Mainstream Academic biases.*

[@dablarts9384]

His name is David Adams and he has quite a few good documentaries 🙂

[@debbiemarquis3231]

The host is there to distract ppl and prevent them from asking pertinent questions..

[@razasyeda6054]

This area now is open to all and is one of the friendliest / most open minded people in the country. This is a very old depiction of Pakistan. Things have much changed for the better

[@viva1100]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@birzulapatru4443]

I'm actually watching your videos second times, and I enjoyed exactly like the first time .Absolutely amazing and captivating. I red the book nearly 40 years ago, and still fascinating me .Congratulations and good luck in everything you do.

[@panaweph]

I don't think I heard it mentioned, but Baltit Fort is the building at the end if anyone is curious.

[@wizardofoz1390]

As a Spanish, AustralianI Love our amazing world away from the Western world 💚🌎

[@trueman2467]

Hunza valley is indeed a heaven on Earth. Unreal and not like anything any other place on this planet. God s awesome landscape ❤️

[@stevebrindle1724]

Change your name to True tit end pal, there is no silly God!

[@kaarlimakela3413]

I love those painted lucky buses ... With ancient regional magic symbols of protection for a safe journey. Very Pagan. I approve. The art is excellent too.

[@worshipnonebutallah3143]

It’s very pagan actually it’s full of fortune tellers, sooth sayers, magicians, idolatry, grave worship, saint worship and shrines, very Hindu influenced.. the government and culture is not Islamic at all if that’s what you think you are wrong they are mostly from a extreme Sufi sect which is full of superstitions and made up rituals.

[@ahmadhussain-Fitness]

Which buses u hv watched in this video i live there. This is not magic signs its our language mentioning different area of the city. We are muslims and believing on magic is forbidden

[@Chrisfeb68]

I really enjoy the documentaries this guy makes. I hope he continues to do more even though he's probably much older now.

[@Dutch_Mustache]

I found this only after watching every single episode of Time Team twice. This is awesome!

[@germaineprien7691]

This guy goes on some outrageous adventures!! What a job.😃😲😉🤣

[@eldorado1244]

That sharman looks like Frank Zappa

[@freesoul7230]

Amazing so far best documentary I ever seen

[@funiguy8779]

Fantastic...really well researched, visually beautiful and well told. Love it.

[@akramposh]

"Hunza: Lost Kingdom of the Himalayas" I need this book, any of my friends having, please inbox me

[@prairrie]

Loved this thank you .

[@kaarlimakela3413]

The Road to ShangriLa ... I think there was a Bob Hope/Bing Crosby movie by that name! 👵

[@newamericatowguy3633]

I think you may be right. Guess I'm gonna have to do some digging.😅

[@robertbrown4629]

Think you are getting it mixed up with the road to utopia which is about the Alaskan gold rush not this

[@DougBartlett-gb7ws]

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS EVERY ONE LOVES A MYSTERY IT'S IN OUR BLOOD

[@nicolbarbesullivan9738]

Love all the armchair critics who rip this guy apart whilst wielding a remote control and a bag of Doritos.

[@robertbourgeois9565]

7:00 I wear better winter gear here in Canada 🇨🇦 to take the trash out 🤣 ~ if someone dressed me like that for a winter expedition I would think they wished me dead AND assumed I was an idiot. Kind of ridiculous, I guess that was just B Roll and our intrepid “adventurer” was whisked away to a cozy retreat and hot tea ☕️ 🙄

[@lostpony4885]

The camera guy was carrying his coat.

[@danore7066]

I've has myself this Question was Shanghai real this Documentary about this Utopia nicely done 👌🏻

[@singinginthedark2786]

Adventures of Gilderoy Lockhart!

[@singinginthedark2786]

as a after thought, i mean only respect here, as i love this show. i was just mentioning the similar appearance of the host and the fictional character, not the awefull characteristics

[@MademoiselleButterfly]

@@singinginthedark2786 I totally get you - hilarious! He’s the best. :)

[@raf1717]

Peskipiksi pesternomi 😄

[@chronic2001n]

He was looking for dignity, which was rare at the time.

[@BenSHammonds]

region of Mustang, said as Moos-tong is the special valley

[@whaleshrimp111]

I have been to both Shangri-Las so far and am soon off to number 3.

[@nemo6686]

I was given to understand that the fort in Hunza Karimabad was built by a guy from the neighboring valley, which is why it's known as the _Balti Fort_ .

[@Jagueyes1]

Supernatural forces and ancient mysteries control ALL our lives..

[@TrinhleTarot-fv4to]

cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẽ, chúc bạn thành công và phát triển!

[@TVBasil]

Wouldn't some of the old-timers in the valley recall seeing Hilton or not? I guess he couldn't ask because they'd have said no and the pretense broken. A good show anyway, though our host puts himself too much front and center. I might do the same, had I his hair.

[@KamaleshKumarNath-iy1sr]

Amazing journey

[@atlet1]

Warning! Never walk at a glacier the way they do in this video! It's possible to do in a quite safe way if you have a little training and some equipment.

[@user-k4d-e59mo28oc]

Not to worry: in a few years, there won't be any glaciers.

[@atlet1]

@@user-k4d-e59mo28oc we will have glaciers for forseeable future, but they may continue to shrink a while before they grow again. On average. Some are growing now.

[@abhishekabhishek5295]

That place is real i know a person who have seen it in his own eyes and made me see that place through his enlightment

[@MrBlauwgeel]

What a Beautiful person david adams❤

[@razasyeda6054]

Just a correction: the Kalash tribe keep their graves open so the birds can feed off their dead. That is how they pass on to the next world as per their religion. The desecration has nothing to do with anyone else. Probably there was a language barrier between the parties in this video

[@MoberJavid]

Sreach Pakistan changed my life Rosie Gabrielle

[@robbieevans6536]

Looks like any old mined out valley in Colorado, but maybe when James Hilton was there, it looked different, and maybe Heaven is on Earth...In an infinite set of circumstances.

[@guser5762]

Maybe he'd gone there in Summers.

[@DreamBelief]

If you're going to explore conflict, such as when you speak about the persecution of the kalash, then do it properly. It is a very serious subject that affects many people. Being as simplistic as to suggest it's just being "Islamic" that caused it is not just wildly innacurate, but only contributes to making prejudice etc on all sides worse, and causing further harm.

[@ahmadhussain-Fitness]

I recently went to Kalash they living more peaceful then other areas in Pakistan. Western media always doing propaganda against muslims. They see procecution in Muslim countries but not is palastine. Kalashi people charge for everything if u talk with them or take a picture with them. So they r not so hospitable but yes they are Pakistani and we must give them respect. Everything has names so if muslims called ka*fir to non muslims then what is the problem.

[@AliAhmed-fq5lj]

​@@ahmadhussain-Fitness He seems like an Indian because they talk like this.

[@ahmadhussain-Fitness]

I recently went to Kalash they living more peaceful then other areas in Pakistan. Western media always doing propaganda against muslims. They see procecution in Muslim countries but not in palastine by israhelies with the help of west. Kalashi people charge for everything if u talk with them or take a picture with them. So they r not so hospitable but yes they are Pakistani and we must give them respect. Everything has names so if muslims called ka*fir to non muslims then what is the problem. While good and bad people exist everywhere so don't say its done by islamists. Then we called all christians and jews a bad name as they killed and killing people in Palastine, iraq, afghanistan, libya, syria, vetnam etc....

[@ahmadhussain-Fitness]

I think this documentary made in 1970s or 80s bcz now Pakistan has much much better roads and infrastructure

[@kingihuirangikoia3540]

What an amazing journey I am envious of you

[@simretkriar2101]

Very interesting, beautiful documentary!

[@Tayl0r_]

@12:56 GOAAALLLL!!

[@brianmoller353]

Point of order if I may... At 8:37 you will be presented with a narrative that is not supported by anthropological evidence. Regarding accusations of grave desecration, it has NOT been evidenced in the Kalash or Bashgal regions. This is a poor attempt at sensationalism. and you need to vet your fixers. Traditional Kalash funerary practices involve placing of the body into a rough hewn wooden coffin which is then left to the elements. While not technically a 'sky burial' (where bodies are left exposed), it is expected in Kalash culture that time, rain, wind and wild animals (Wolves, leopards and bears) will return the body to nature. This practice is (still) carried out in the Bumburet, Birir and Rumbur Valley communities. The Bashgal, (or red) Khafirs, halted the practice in the late 1800's due to colonial pressure... (just saying).

[@madjackblack5892]

This was quite interesting and very enjoyable.

[@elizabethshaw734]

It is simple stupidity to go there in the autumn!

[@waynepaul1297]

Thank you.

[@shahidiqbal-ds1wt]

Wonderful job

[@syedmustafa2822]

I think this video is way much older than it was published on youtube because Northern areas have witnessed an uptick in development of roads, hospitals, bridges and hotels now cover every corner of north, there is no more persecution of kalash people as government has now declared them protected people. Northern areas of Pakistan looks nothing like in this video I think this video is at least before 2013. So very old video

[@parjanyashukla176]

A bunkum fantasy just like Prester John.

[@SumanKumar-iy7tp]

David good work boy.

[@devinangola3458]

Yeah he's under a curse, but what a theatrical performance the the fake shaman put on!

[@guillerbrady9261]

It's a absolutely beautiful country and the people are actually nice. Just unfortunately they don't fully trust foreigners anymore and they are always in some state of WAR of feuds.

[@riosaint_]

They don't mind tourists at all

[@gamenx7557]

Actually afghanistan is in war pakistan not so much

[@blinksummon3263]

@@gamenx7557pakistan is not really peacefull country afghanistan is very peacefull

[@danlhendl]

They say you can get anything in Pishawar, but don’t

[@ahmadhussain-Fitness]

I m living in Peshawar yes u can find anything in Peshawar bcz we have a large market names Karkhano Market where u can get everything imported from many countries

[@Goodyearmonkey]

That place at the end was totally it

[@cp12298]

There is no ethnicity called "Pakistani" it's a nationality of ours, there are hundreds of ethnic groups living in Pakistan for centuries

[@mcawesome4150]

are you a pakistani?

[@BasementPepperoni]

LOL, Rambo plays that horse/goat game in Rambo 3, with an obvious pillow.

[@regenabray]

The only one possessed is the shaman, he needs to lay off the smoke

[@christinebutler7630]

Why are these dudes wearing gear that George Mallory would've laughed at?? The heck?

[@user-pm2iz6fx8b]

27:32

[@khuraijamyumjaoleimadevi7405]

But we Manipuri from Manipur a small state of India have announce and rest of the approve that we gave the game polo to the world so pliz check this the true origin of polo and I request sir David James pliz visit to Manipur india

[@ahmadhussain-Fitness]

But how can james go to manipur bcz manipur is burning by hindoos now.

[@ahmadhussain-Fitness]

Hahaha the anchor said that islam stoned budhist statue but the other side his westren countries bombarded iraq, afghanistan, libya, syria, vetnam and now helping Israhell to killing muslims in Palastine.

[@kingjeremysircornwell7847]

When demons find Shangri La, the demons will bark and shit and chop down trees.

[@singinginthedark2786]

@ 38:50 ... is that Cheech Marin? i knew all the hippies didnt leave in the 70's rofl

[@jamiebizness1]

G, i wonder why kashmir was a warzone....

[@davidlloyd2225]

Wonder if the kalash would call it a religion of peace!

[@christinebutler7630]

"guns are a way of life" in this very religious community. Sounds a lot like Texas

[@wally9935]

@P. Tiesti Wait, there are still angry boomers calling people hippies when they do anything but deep throat America, good and bad? Lmao

[@shewho333]

“Here, more children will learn to use guns than go to school”. Yep. Just like parts of the good ol’ USA.

[@chrisbassett8996]

the gun violence is sad

[@kyleanuar9090]

One foot step from a westener or 'damaged' people will cause the blessing to be lifted from the blessed land or shang ri la rendering it's destruction

[@anisalam9699]

what are the Muslims goin to do , with the bones of dead person

[@ahmadj3353]

lol, the shaman man

[@DreamBelief]

Huh? Poor wording. Pakistan is not wholly Muslim. There are over 4 million Hindus, 2 and a half million Christians, and then a mixture of smaller minority faiths.

[@ahmadhussain-Fitness]

Pakistan has 97% muslims google it dude.

[@CLICKLEARNCHANNEL]

hahaha old man thing is drama

[@abidmehmood8685]

Just to add clarity about graveyard of Kalash They Put their the coffin of there dead bodies in an open with all the belonging of the dead person and no one specially the Muslims takes the bones of the dead ones

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

Okay, here's a tip for anyone who just wants to cut to the chase and see if he actually arrives at the location that inspired the fictional Shangri-la in the 1933 novel: just skip to 40:00 and watch the final ten minutes.

[@michaelconway4411]

I looked up the narrator's credentials; strictly an academic, not an operator, which is why he is making so many fieldcraft errors. I suspect that without his entourage, he wouldn't last the running time of this video. Also, his poser scarf could get him killed in the wrong village. 😆

[@nicolbarbesullivan9738]

Because the documentaries you are producing around the world are amazing? And your time covering war torn countries are your credentials?

[@elizabethshaw734]

Things that are done in the name of religion disgust me!

[@apoisonberry]

And notice that religion is only growing in less advanced parts of the world while it’s shrinking considerably elsewhere.

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

don't worry: there's a godless ideology sweeping the west that's worse than any religion you can imagine and it's destroying this world

[@timtreetwats]

@@i-never-look-at-replies-lol lots of new religions here in America. The difference is none of the believers will ever call it religion.

[@muhammadsohaibtariq3087]

@@apoisonberry Islam is fastest growing religion in Euripe which is (according to you) "less advanced part of the world.."

[@FriedPi-mc5yt]

@@muhammadsohaibtariq3087 It’s the rats that bring the plague.

[@NetanyahooWarCriminal]

Host of this one rubs me the wrong way, can't quite put my thumb on it

[@maxroberts7393]

He sounds like a fairy tale narrator, not like a factual reporter.

[@johns4469]

I can completely relate. Because you rub me the wrong way dopey.

[@peggyleadingham4528]

sounds ok to me

[@NetanyahooWarCriminal]

@@johns4469 good?

[@johns4469]

Just finished and I think he’s a likable bro.

[@_pant0m]

dont smoke kids

[@PMunkS]

8:57 Did this guy just refer to the majority population of the region as, "Muslim overlords"? Ah well, at least the narrative that he's promoting will make his *Christian overlords* happy.

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

Maybe you're not too familiar with Western media, but it definitely does not have Christian overlords. Indeed, the media's pronounced anti-Christian bias has been its defining feature for the past 70 years.

[@PMunkS]

@@AdmiralBonetoPick The region in which "this guy" is searching for _Shangri La_ may be characterized as remote, isolated and parochial; whose local politics will understandably be dominated by majoritarian community organizations. I do not intend to disregard the plight of minority groups living under such conditions however, the use of the term "Muslim overlords" panders to a popular-cotemporary Western trope - subliminal, if not overt - that Muslim cultures are backwards, fundamentalist, and even terrorist. Religion continues to influence Western politics, recently demonstrated by Donald Trump's courtship of fundamentalist Christian populations in the U.S., and Angela Merkel's majority Christian Democrat Union party in Germany. Since WWI the West has undertaken an insidious agenda against Muslim majority nations - supporting dictators and tyrannical monarchies, as well as violent religious extremists, to foil any progress by the people towards sovereign and secular democracy. Populations living under such conditions often gravitate towards religious dogmatism for comfort and relief from oppression - as they did in Iran under the U.S./U.K. backed dictatorship of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The situation in Iran at the time of the Iranian Revolution was certainly more complicated; a secular Left movement joined forces with the religious Right to overthrow the Shah - the better organized Right assumed a more significant influence over the political landscape as Iran quickly became embroiled in a brutal war with U.S.- and Germany-backed Iraq throughout the 80s. Its worth bearing in mind that the U.S. and Germany gave Saddam Hussein the chemical weapons for use against Iran - chemical weapons that the U.S. would later use as a pretext for the invasion of Iraq. It is a facet of the subversive Western agenda (political and media) to sew divisiveness and polarize populations. "This guy's" reportage further enhances such a message. ...anyhow, that's my 2 cents.

[@wally9935]

@@PMunkS every Ill, forced marriage, stoning, and beating in Islamic patriarchal groups isn’t the fault of the west. If only it were that easy. Sometimes bad apples are just that.. Bad

[@PMunkS]

​@@wally9935 When the Anglo-American and "allied" war-mongering conspiracy emerged victorious following the provoked WWI, and undertook to parcel the lands of the defeated Ottoman Empire - creating a class of regional disparate vassal-monarchs willing to siphon natural resources for the benefit of imperialist plunder - they consigned the majority already impoverished peoples (99%) of the former Ottoman State to obscurity and continuing poverty. Under such conditions of oppression, as implied in my previous post, right-wing fundamentalism flourishes as the marginalized population retreat into religious dogmatisms for promise of "salvation". At this time women in the U.S., U.K., France, Australia and Canada did not yet have the right (privilege) of voting. Women were largely banned from occupations that had been culturally-assigned for males alone. The social expectation of the married women was explicitly defined to serve the husband. Domestic violence was common and even depicted as normal behavior in cinema by leading men through the 1930s, 40s, 50s. Under such conditions "Western" women were subjected to patriarchal oppression into the 20th century, including arranged (read: forced) marriages. Women, men and children, in the majority Islamic nations carved out of the defeated Ottoman Empire, were subject to continuing Western-backed social retardation, as the majority Islamic nations were prevented from developing beyond a feudal subsistence economy - exploited populations disenfranchised from profiting from national resources and collective effort to mature towards modernity. Secular efforts to escape the retardingly-repressive monarchies were undermined; efforts towards secular democracy were overthrown with Western support. If you look back through the past 50 years alone, you will find that the U.S. has repeatedly supported religious fundamentalist organizations and governments including Israel, the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the Afghan Mujahidin (later the Taliban), ISIS/ISIL and the present Saudi regime. These are the extremists who are purported to resort to brutal archaic, dogmatisms many of which can also be found in the Torah/Talmud and Old Testament. It is ignorant to consider that all Muslims are fanatical as you seem to suggest. Muslim communities are continually besieged by Anglo-American political-economic interests that often pander to Judeo-Christian right-wing supremacists. The West has (present tense) a very active hand in shaping Muslim societies, and therefore cultures; not least of which in their ongoing support for dictators who pander to Anglo-American domineering and economic interests.

[@journeywithkeleene3641]

@@PMunkS your reasoning is so on point 👍🏿, it is indeed important to know and remember one's history.

[@patheticprepper4496]

Seems like a certain religion has ruined the shangri-la region.

[@Theravadinbuto]

This particular set of videos with this commentator is annoyingly superficial - overdramatized travelogues with little real engagement with the histories, people or traditions.

[@fuhrerpolizei86]

Nice story.. I would have shat my pants if ejaz appeared like he did when I'm visiting an old castle..

[@timetraveller6]

that tibet motel waiter gave you a devil smile 😈😅

[@buttpub]

Shangri-La is likely not a physical locale but rather, could serve as a poetic suggestion of an emotional yearning to revisit a past phase or place in one's life, perceived through the wistful lens of recollection as a once-experienced haven of perfection, or the memory thereof saturated with tender warmth. It's crucial to note that the term "Shangri-La" was born from the 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" by James Hilton, thereby debunking the idea that this place has a history spanning thousands of years.

[@user-k4d-e59mo28oc]

James Hilton was probably inspired by the accounts of Xuanzang.

[@timetraveller6]

well budhusts are not all peaceful, you can the example of Myanmar

[@swarnadeepsen1835]

Abode of Satan

[@charliesalem221]

Nice film! I dont think the plane crashed in Lost Horizon. It was landed by the Tibetan pilot that took over the controls.

[@chriscarrol9373]

Typical Aussie male. "This is really dangerous and I don't recommend it" infront of the cameras though I do stupid things. Ask Steve Irwin. Oh sorry you can't.