Thanks both of you, smokaholik and mriko.

I assume that the goat skin bags are 'tanned' hides, made into some sort of sealable bags? Are they air tight, or just so-so/sort of rolled up around the resin??

I guess that I'll have to add 'goat' to my hunting list this Fall!! lol!!

I imagine that their ground temperatures there are somewhat warmer than ours get here in the Summer, too.

Thanks again,

moose eater

Man you are one lucky camper.

My mum went there in the 60's. She loved it.

I am gonna go there some day and just smoke hash, eat goat and smoke hash.

Great trip report.

[glock23]

Sounds good man. My people are originally from Pakistan, but moved to India after partition. I've never been. Hopefully I'll get up there in the next couple of years...I need some 1000 rps blocks...hehe

[smokaholik]

hey glock, get ureself over there as soon as mate lol thers no time like the present

haha kuh de tah, ull be eating a lot and the food is to die for in pakistan finger licking goood lol

salaam Mr Mriko u can post any pix u would like my brotha lol so be my guest lol. thanx for the info and may i ask, was yarkhun valley and chitral snowing at that time (nov/dec) becuase ive been told over the winter there is no way in or out by road only a PIA folker flight if its clear weather so i was wondering if i had to go earlier and stay there. im hoping to visit some hash making factories next time im over to maybe ill join u hahah, any way my friend ive posted some more pix so i hope u enjoy.
Ps hope u have a happy ramzan and iknow what u mean- i wish we both had a few tolas each lol

here some pix of the plants i seen in jamrud Mriko just growing lazily on the raod next to shops

these one had the indica charactaristic and heres a close up of the leaves. The amazing thing it this pic was taken in march in springtime and look at the size already plus no ones feeds the plants but they still have a healthy look








heres 1 plant that was in early flowering with pistils present in THE MONTH OF MARCH and its looks more SAtiva, weird lol






heres another of my shopkeeper friends who passes my the chronic




his regulars




and the chronic i got from him

[mriko]

salam Smokaholic!
wow, more nice and yummy pics ! cool !

For going chitral, I think Lowari Pass is usually open til early November, but it depends on weather, and even when close to cas it might be possible to cross by foot. But it's possible as well to die, trying crossing it on a bad day, so carefull if by foot (if locals go then you can go). I have no idea wether Foker flight are still going. few months ago a plane crash in Punjab (old fokker 27) and the whole fleet was grounded, these are pretty old plane actually an are getting tired. Last time I was in Chitra one of'me almost crashed because the wheels wouldn't come down for landing. Thanks to a skilled pilot, the plane landed on its belly ! 3 days after I was myself hoping in one of them back to Peshawar, nice flight heheh...
For snow, well depends also. Decemeber you should find some in Yarkhun definitely (bottom of valley at 3000 meters), but I remember in 2004, there was a freak snow storm around Late Sept, the whole Chitral district was fully blasted, thousands of fruit and nut trees broken, cattles lost and sometime shepherds as well. Evrything is possible !

I'm not surprised at all to see some plants flowering in March, as I found some which were ready in June (chitral), hey this is homeland area for canaibs so thousands of pheno are there !

I assume that the goat skin bags are 'tanned' hides, made into some sort of sealable bags? Are they air tight, or just so-so/sort of rolled up around the resin??

Moose eater, skin is not air tight, but with to layers usually the packaging gets air tight. THese like the one shown allows subtle air exchange between inside and outside. For proper curing, the resin needs oxygen !
These are absolutely not "soso/sort of rolled up", it's bag, sawn and sealed.

Irie !

Thanks for the information, mriko. I know it was a lot of questions, but I figured that the specifics were important.

Thanks again for the answers.

moose eater

[glock23]

That hash looks sooo good. I like the pic of the charsis hanging out in the shop....nice! haha

hash, lovely hash -

just to see that has the full Homer Simpson effect

damn it's been a long while since I've smoked anything that's been wrapped in animal hide too lol

proper hash and proper sensi - that for me is what smoking is all about

a good friend of mine (a Brit) is a big fan of the NWF area of Pakistan - he had nothing but positive experiences there, even during the September 11th time

I should reallly get that R C Clarke book - anyone here read it

I had no idea curing was so important in hash too - but it explains a few things, and should have been obvious

I would sooner smoke the hash above and fine quality Moroccan etc. over bubble etc. anyday


Namkha

[mriko]

I should reallly get that R C Clarke book - anyone here read it

yup ! nice book but very very little (and not always accurate) information on Pakistan.

I had no idea curing was so important in hash too - but it explains a few things, and should have been obvious

Indeed ! that's the difference between cannabis resin and hashish. Curing turns the resin into hashish! Last year I had some nice Batik Shan plants and sieved the bud leaves as soon as it was dry enough to do so. at that time the resin had very poor taste, and effect as well. after two months of curing, mymy, I had totally different product, with nice spicy Lebanese-like taste and a devastating effect.

Irie !

Great story and pics... I enjoyed reading of your travels very much... thank you for sharing with us!