Friends, look, we are in Kashmir now! And look at that, we're right on the Jhelum river.
This river flows from India. I've literally had dreams about coming to the other side of Kashmir.
Namaste & As-salamu alaykum friends! I came all the way to Pakistan for this very reason.
For what we're doing today. We are going to the other side of Kashmir.
Because I spent so much time on the Indian side of Kashmir, and I just felt like..
..my experience wasn't complete without visiting the other side of Kashmir, here, in Pakistan.
I felt like, that something was missing, right?
Like I felt it in my heart that I had to come here & experience this side of Kashmir too. And to get here..
I had to take a flight from Delhi to Dubai.
Dubai to Islamabad. And now, I'm in a taxi, with my friend here, & he's going to be dropping me at Muzaffarabad.
And we're going to, what Pakistanis call, Azad Kashmir..
..and what Indians call Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
And obviously, both countries, claim Kashmir. And I'm not gonna talk about that issue about the Kashmir dispute any more than that.
Because I guarantee you: I will be banned from either country if I do.
I'm not gonna take a side. I'm just gonna call this place, Kashmir. I'm gonna try stay in the middle.
You know what I mean?
I just stopped to show you this! So here we are in Punjab..
..and, literally, just across there, we have Kashmir. We're nearly there. It's a pretty cloudy day today.
And, we're just coming down this hill, and going into the valley.
We came from Murree actually; Murree is a beautiful hill station in Punjab.
On the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa border actually.
So yeah, that's where we're going, across there to Kashmir.
And I'm feeling quite emotional as well, because, foreigners weren't even allowed to come here..
..until last year when Imran Khan opened up Pakistan (all of Pakistan) for foreigners.
And, I feel emotional also because, I know my Indian subscribers, you guys, can't come here..
..as much as you'd love to come here to Pakistan and to Kashmir.
Like, my wife can't come for example. She would love to come to Pakistan and come here.
You would've seen her go to Kartarpur in that video.
That's as much as Pakistan that Indians can easily access.
And I would say you should all go there & experience Pakistani hospitality.
And these videos (all of my Pakistan videos) they're for my family & my friends, back in India, who can't come here.
Hopefully, in a way, we can, you know, better understand each other & see each other's countries
through my videos as well cuz I'm in this position where I can freely visit both countries.
My driver has just stopped to get his 'chashma'.
K: Chashma? Pani hai? D: Yes. K: Aur kya? D: Thanda hai. K: Thik hai. Chalo. He's got his stuff.
And so we still have to get through Kohala. There's a checkpoint there to get into Kashmir.
I'm a bit worried. Because, Kashmir has been in lockdown, Covid-19 lockdown, for the last 2 weeks.
I literally arrived in Islamabad. And I was gonna go straight to Kashmir, but..
..they announced the lockdown, so. The lockdown ends today at mid-day, so hopefully, we can get through.
We can get into Kashmir today.
Hello again, look, we're in Kashmir now! And look at that, we're right on the Jhelum river.
This river flows from India. That's my connection back home. Oh my God! Feels so good to be here.
Wah, you can't imagine that feeling when you've been dreaming about this moment..
..I've literally had dreams about coming to the other side of Kashmir.
And, now I'm here like, breathing in the, the air & oh my God, feels so good!
We're on our way to Muzaffarabad now, the capital city here..
D: Chai Piyenge? K: Thik hai. Haan, haan. Ham Chai Piyenge. We're gonna drink some tea..
..but what I was gonna say was: There is some limitations on me, here.
The limitation is: let's get out & I'll tell you. (Here we go. It's tea time)
The limitation on me here is I can't go within 16 kms of the LOC, the border fence.
Where are we going? We're at a Dhaba.
This driver's good. He knows everything & he's showing me everywhere.
We're on the roof of the Dhaba now. And..
We're just walking towards the Jhelum river! And Muzaffarabad is that way, & here's something interesting down here, don't know what that is..
Some kind of, some kind of dam or some kind of project happening? K: 'Ye kya hai ji?' 'Ye dam hai ya kya?'
D: Surang hai, 40 km lamba. K: Wah!
I've had such great luck with drivers here in Pakistan. This guy is amazing.
He's just ordering tea & we're gonna have some food here. And we just did a photoshoot here!
We took each other's photos & I clicked some really beautiful photos of him for his Facebook & his WhatsApp.
K: Khana kaisa hai ji? Apke pas kya hai? D: Sabji hai. K: Haan, Bread (naan), & this is Keema (minced meat).
And I have my tea as well of course. D: Chai. K: Mujhe maaloom hai.
We're in this dhaba right now. You can just see around. This is what, like a, kinda roadside Pakistani dhaba looks like.
This one's a bit fancier than usual to be honest. And people are just asking where am I from, and..
All these types of questions. Don't get many foreigners here. That's why.
And now I've ordered chole or chickpeas. So we're gonna have chickpeas & just with some roti.
See what it tastes like, na? Alright, so it wasn't chole, it was chana, which is like a smaller kinda chickpea.
Anyway, it was awesome they cut up a ton of, there's like a whole chilli in there, they cut up..
..and yeah, really spicy, ton of oil, ton of black pepper, & just super-super tasty.
One thing about Pakistan & India is the food is OUT OF THIS WORLD.
These sweet guys over here, they offered me to come and eat with them, as well.
That's the kind of hospitality and yeah, a lot of people coughing here.
K: Ji, apne kya bola? M: Rehne de. K: Nai yaar.
M: Paise nai chaiye. K: Paise lijiye. M: Nai. K: Please. M: Nai, thank you.
So this is also the hospitality here. A lot of people won't take money from..
..me when I'm eating, but, it's not good, na? Like, how do you say, like..
How could you take money from people who have a restaurant & who are working hard & who are taxi drivers or..
..people who're making food on the street? You can't take money from them, right? So I feel really bad but..
..like nothing I can do about it. He won't take the money.
Alright, we're gonna continue our journey now. Bye. Shukriya.
K: Bahut shukriya ji. M: Bahut shukriya. K: Chalo, bye. D: Allah hafiz.
We're back on the road now & this road we're on is actually called the Srinagar Highway.
But, you know, clearly, this road ain't going to Srinagar no more.
It stops at Uri. There's a huge checkpoint there at Uri & you can't go any further than that.
M: Haan, ji? K: kaise hain? M: Bahaut badiya. K: As-salamu alaykum. M: Wa alaykumu s-salam. K: Bye.
Hain? The guy said 'Gora'. I'm like 'Hain?'
And, look at that!
Should we go in it? I don't know. K: Ye kitne ka hai? M: 100 Rs.
100 rupees a turn. You can go over there & enjoy the waterfall..
Got a jet-boat down there, just a beautiful place, to stop in over tea, this.
Alright, let's go. I'm coming here too, buddy. Let me in.
*music*
Oh my god, they've got the tables, set up, right next to the lake there.
They've got 'khaats' (not the lake, the waterfall).
And you come up here. How's this, doston? Wah!
Bahaut sundar hai na?
Oh, just. This is the greatest road trip & it's all thanks to my incredible driver there.
K: Ji apka phone no. kya hai? D: Mera no. hai 031005058247.
(Tells his name) K: Haan. I can really recommend this guy and I'm paying him of course. This is not free.
But he's such a great dude. Such a relaxed dude. Not trying to do anything dodgy. Just making sure I enjoy myself.
Tells me to be, doston!
Heh! There's waterfalls everywhere here.
K: To doston, mujhe batao, apka din kaisa tha? Students: Bahaut accha. K: Good.
I'm here in Srinagar. We're going to my friend's robotics school. He's trying to upskill the Kashmiri youth.
And get them involved in careers which have a real future. Robotics in tech is definitely one of those things.
So here's the school. Here's me, talking to the kids. *music*
As-salamu alaykum. S: Wa alaykumu s-salam. K: Mera naam Karl Rock hai aur main YouTuber hun.
Main meri patni ke saath Delhi mein rahta hun aur main New Zealand se hun.
New Zealand kaha hai, mujhe bataiye? S: Near Australia. K: Haan, sahi.
New Zealand Australia ke pas, at the bottom of the world.
We're here. We're in Muzaffarabad. And, I'm just looking over the city now.
It's beautiful.
They've got a huge bridge out there & you've got a Jhelum river running straight through here. Wow!
It's a very, very pretty city. I can see a huge mosque over there. We're gonna go explore.
You have to see this view that you get. This is Muzaffarabad.
And oh my god! It's one of the most beautiful cities I've ever, ever been to.
Like, it's at the end of this deli & the Jhelum river comes into it.
You've got these massive mountains here. With the snow on the mountains up here.
It's just (oh, I nearly fell over) It's just unbelievable, this place. Like, are you getting this?
Football ground there. Couple of huge mosques. The bridge. It's just spectacular. Muzaffarabad.
Guys, I'm pretty sure you can tell from this video, like just how happy I am, to be here..
And how amazed I am & just how thankful I am to be able to come here & how I feel a bit more complete.
Having visited all of Kashmir, I can, I can say now.
Man! I'm in heaven. I'm gonna keep exploring Muzaffarabad for the next few days. Before I've to get outta here.