Location: Chilas, KKH & GT Road
This album comprises of one night stay at Chilas and traveling back from Chilas to Rawalpindi.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Chilas to Rawalpindi via KKH
Date: May 1st, 2007
Location: Chilas, KKH & GT Road
This album comprises of one night stay at Chilas and traveling back from Chilas to Rawalpindi.
Location: Chilas, KKH & GT Road
This album comprises of one night stay at Chilas and traveling back from Chilas to Rawalpindi.
Fairy Meadows to Raikot Bridge
Date: April 30th, 2007
Location: Fairy Meadows, Tato Village, Raikot Bridge
This album covers the snaps of going back from Fairy Meadows. Took at other side of Fairy Meadows covering Nanga Parbat mountains, Nanga Parbat Peak, other adjacent mountains, Cottages, nearly located village, Fairy Meadows to Tato Village Track, Raikot Bridge, Me, Mohsin, Waseem, Ammad and our guide and also the donkey. The place is very cool, calm and naturally preserved, without electricity and any communication network, if you are nature lover and wants to see the world's 9th highest peak then this is the place for you to enjoy the beautiful sight scenes. You can enjoy trekking up to Nange Parbat base camp in summer season when snow melted and everything converted to lush green in Fairy Meadows. May, June, July and September are hot tourist seasons and many foreigners come here to enjoy the natural beauty of this area. You can rent out cottage in 8-20 USD based on number of beds. Camping facility is also available and you can rent out camps and sleeping bags in good price. Food is easily available but little bit expensive as compared to down towns.
Location: Fairy Meadows, Tato Village, Raikot Bridge
This album covers the snaps of going back from Fairy Meadows. Took at other side of Fairy Meadows covering Nanga Parbat mountains, Nanga Parbat Peak, other adjacent mountains, Cottages, nearly located village, Fairy Meadows to Tato Village Track, Raikot Bridge, Me, Mohsin, Waseem, Ammad and our guide and also the donkey. The place is very cool, calm and naturally preserved, without electricity and any communication network, if you are nature lover and wants to see the world's 9th highest peak then this is the place for you to enjoy the beautiful sight scenes. You can enjoy trekking up to Nange Parbat base camp in summer season when snow melted and everything converted to lush green in Fairy Meadows. May, June, July and September are hot tourist seasons and many foreigners come here to enjoy the natural beauty of this area. You can rent out cottage in 8-20 USD based on number of beds. Camping facility is also available and you can rent out camps and sleeping bags in good price. Food is easily available but little bit expensive as compared to down towns.
Exploring Fairy Meadows
Date: April 30th, 2007
Location: Fairy Meadows
This album covers the pictures took very next day morning after reaching Fairy Meadows, It shows you one of the beautiful sights of world located at the hight of 3,036 m or 10, 843 ft. It shows you the Nanga Parbat, the world's 9th highest mountain with 8,125 m. It also shows you some of the surrounding mountains like Buldar Peak, North Jilipar Peak, Patro Glacier and Raikot Glacier. On the way to Fairy Meadows from Raikot Bridge, you will see Tato River and Tato Village at the height of 3,214 m. There is track to Nanga Parbat Base Camp (height 3,967 m) from Fairy Meadows. Pakistan is home of 5 peaks above 8, 000 m and four of which are visible from Concordia. Only Nanga Parbat Peak above 8000 m is in Karakoram Mountain Range. Some of the world's largest glaciers outside the polar region are also in Pakistan, like Baltoro Glacier, Biafo Glacier and Hispar Glacier (all are more than 50-60km long!!!). This album only covers the one side of Fairy Meadows and shows you cottages owned by Farman Ali with the name of Fairy Meadows Cottages & Camping Resort (www.fairymeadowscottage.com). You can view other side of Fairy Meadows in “Fairy Meadows to Raikot Bridge” album.
Location: Fairy Meadows
This album covers the pictures took very next day morning after reaching Fairy Meadows, It shows you one of the beautiful sights of world located at the hight of 3,036 m or 10, 843 ft. It shows you the Nanga Parbat, the world's 9th highest mountain with 8,125 m. It also shows you some of the surrounding mountains like Buldar Peak, North Jilipar Peak, Patro Glacier and Raikot Glacier. On the way to Fairy Meadows from Raikot Bridge, you will see Tato River and Tato Village at the height of 3,214 m. There is track to Nanga Parbat Base Camp (height 3,967 m) from Fairy Meadows. Pakistan is home of 5 peaks above 8, 000 m and four of which are visible from Concordia. Only Nanga Parbat Peak above 8000 m is in Karakoram Mountain Range. Some of the world's largest glaciers outside the polar region are also in Pakistan, like Baltoro Glacier, Biafo Glacier and Hispar Glacier (all are more than 50-60km long!!!). This album only covers the one side of Fairy Meadows and shows you cottages owned by Farman Ali with the name of Fairy Meadows Cottages & Camping Resort (www.fairymeadowscottage.com). You can view other side of Fairy Meadows in “Fairy Meadows to Raikot Bridge” album.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Chilas to Fairy Meadows
Date: April 30th, 2007
Location: Chilas, Raikot Bridge, Tato Village, Fairy Meadows
Reached Chilas after 12 hours of travelling on GT Road and KKH. After reaching Chilas, getting freshed and having breakfast, we decided to continue our journey to Raikot Bridge for Fairy Meadows. We started our journey near 8:40AM by taxi from Chilas local bus stand. It cost us almost 13 USD. We reached RaiKot after one hour 50 minutes. Part of this album is covering sight scenes captured from inside the cab along the KKH. From Raikot we were almost 20 KMs away from Fairy Meadows. The next journey was very dangerous and we were not aware of it until we were on the Jeep track. After too much negotiations with Jeep owner, he was agreed on 43 USD for complete round trip on next day. After covering 15 KM distance in an hour we reached at the point where we have to start our trekking. We started hiking near 12:20PM and reached at 3:40PM evening. It was one of the unique experiences of our life to trek on such dangerous track where it narrows to few inches and only space to place single foot.
Location: Chilas, Raikot Bridge, Tato Village, Fairy Meadows
Reached Chilas after 12 hours of travelling on GT Road and KKH. After reaching Chilas, getting freshed and having breakfast, we decided to continue our journey to Raikot Bridge for Fairy Meadows. We started our journey near 8:40AM by taxi from Chilas local bus stand. It cost us almost 13 USD. We reached RaiKot after one hour 50 minutes. Part of this album is covering sight scenes captured from inside the cab along the KKH. From Raikot we were almost 20 KMs away from Fairy Meadows. The next journey was very dangerous and we were not aware of it until we were on the Jeep track. After too much negotiations with Jeep owner, he was agreed on 43 USD for complete round trip on next day. After covering 15 KM distance in an hour we reached at the point where we have to start our trekking. We started hiking near 12:20PM and reached at 3:40PM evening. It was one of the unique experiences of our life to trek on such dangerous track where it narrows to few inches and only space to place single foot.
Mansehra to Shinkyari
Date: April 29, 2007
Location: Shinkyari
Due to late NATCO (Northern Areas Transport Company) bus timings, we decided to visit nearest tourist spot and enjoy water canal at Shinkyari. We spent an hour there and captured few moment. This trip cost us around 5 USD.
Location: Shinkyari
Due to late NATCO (Northern Areas Transport Company) bus timings, we decided to visit nearest tourist spot and enjoy water canal at Shinkyari. We spent an hour there and captured few moment. This trip cost us around 5 USD.
Murree to Mansehra
Date: April 29, 2007
Location: Murree, NathiaGali to Abbottabad
The next journey of our trip to Mansehra for Fairy Meadows, it was planned to get up early in the morning and reach Murree General Bus Stand to get bus for Abbottabad. We checked out from Hotel Chinar at 6:30 AM morning and reached to bus stand after 15 minutes walk. The total cost of Murree to Mansehra was almost 8 USD. Journey started at 7:20 AM and we reached Mansehra near 11: AM morning via Abatobad. It was good journey to move from one Provincial area to another and observe changes in culture influenced by local traditions and values. On a way we have seen many foreign organizations are running number of programs for poor areas of country to increase the living standards and to provide basic necessities of life.
Location: Murree, NathiaGali to Abbottabad
The next journey of our trip to Mansehra for Fairy Meadows, it was planned to get up early in the morning and reach Murree General Bus Stand to get bus for Abbottabad. We checked out from Hotel Chinar at 6:30 AM morning and reached to bus stand after 15 minutes walk. The total cost of Murree to Mansehra was almost 8 USD. Journey started at 7:20 AM and we reached Mansehra near 11: AM morning via Abatobad. It was good journey to move from one Provincial area to another and observe changes in culture influenced by local traditions and values. On a way we have seen many foreign organizations are running number of programs for poor areas of country to increase the living standards and to provide basic necessities of life.
Murree to Patriata
Date: April 28, 2007
Location: Murree, Patriata
Our very next day journey after reaching Murree was to visit Patriata Hills and enjoy chair lift and cable car. We decided to hire Jeep to go there, so that we can enjoy places on the way. After too much negotiations on the rate we hired Jeep on 11 USD for round trip and committed with driver to get back by 3:00 PM. It was an hour journey with lots of excitement to explore roadside areas and markets on the way. We found that local people were very innocent and tourism in those areas is the only better way of earning. Despite tourism there is no other business activity on these hill stations. Government should facilitate local and foreign tourists to explore the hidden beauty of this area and to work for the betterment of local people by engaging them in different tourism related activities. Roads should be better maintained to avoid any kind of accidents and to create awareness in drivers to properly maintain vehicles and follow road signs. Patriata chair lift & cable car is a must experienced thing and you can also enjoy horse riding on top of the hill. Patriata hiking track is very safe and wide and you can enjoy trekking on it. You must follow the maps displayed on the top hill for trekking to avoid to forget the way back. The chair lift & cable car cost almost 3.5 USD per person.
Location: Murree, Patriata
Our very next day journey after reaching Murree was to visit Patriata Hills and enjoy chair lift and cable car. We decided to hire Jeep to go there, so that we can enjoy places on the way. After too much negotiations on the rate we hired Jeep on 11 USD for round trip and committed with driver to get back by 3:00 PM. It was an hour journey with lots of excitement to explore roadside areas and markets on the way. We found that local people were very innocent and tourism in those areas is the only better way of earning. Despite tourism there is no other business activity on these hill stations. Government should facilitate local and foreign tourists to explore the hidden beauty of this area and to work for the betterment of local people by engaging them in different tourism related activities. Roads should be better maintained to avoid any kind of accidents and to create awareness in drivers to properly maintain vehicles and follow road signs. Patriata chair lift & cable car is a must experienced thing and you can also enjoy horse riding on top of the hill. Patriata hiking track is very safe and wide and you can enjoy trekking on it. You must follow the maps displayed on the top hill for trekking to avoid to forget the way back. The chair lift & cable car cost almost 3.5 USD per person.
Rawalpindi to Murree
Date: April 27, 2007
Location: Murree, Murree Road
Rawalpindi to Murree, our next destination on this tour was to reach Murree and spend 2 nights there. After finishing some banking stuff and purchasing extra camera batteries, we started our journey around 12:40 PM by taxi. There was some road works on Murree Road and CDA is trying to finish it before season start. Good news for Murree lovers that new Motorway to Murree is under construction and it is almost finished, only metal ling is left on some part. This was bit boring one and half hour drive due to hot summer day. And you can feel Global warming effects if you are travelling to Murree after 10 years. Most of the snaps are took at Murree city on our first day of visit. It cost us around 10 USD from Rawalpindi to Murree on taxi.
Location: Murree, Murree Road
Rawalpindi to Murree, our next destination on this tour was to reach Murree and spend 2 nights there. After finishing some banking stuff and purchasing extra camera batteries, we started our journey around 12:40 PM by taxi. There was some road works on Murree Road and CDA is trying to finish it before season start. Good news for Murree lovers that new Motorway to Murree is under construction and it is almost finished, only metal ling is left on some part. This was bit boring one and half hour drive due to hot summer day. And you can feel Global warming effects if you are travelling to Murree after 10 years. Most of the snaps are took at Murree city on our first day of visit. It cost us around 10 USD from Rawalpindi to Murree on taxi.
Lahore to Rawalpindi
Date: April 27, 2007
Location: Lahore Railway Station, Lahore, Lahore to Rawalpindi Track, Rawalpindi
The start of our tour, from Lahore Railway Station. It was decided to travel by train instead of Daewoo Bus Service to experience the new train, enjoy sight scenes, know about life near rail track, and to have space to move around. Overall it was marvellous experience, sitting was comfortable, there was new touch in hospitality by train management and train interior was also cool. Train was started sharply at 7:00 AM and reached at Rawalpindi Station on time after almost 4 hours. It was very economical and costs around 7 USD per person.
Location: Lahore Railway Station, Lahore, Lahore to Rawalpindi Track, Rawalpindi
The start of our tour, from Lahore Railway Station. It was decided to travel by train instead of Daewoo Bus Service to experience the new train, enjoy sight scenes, know about life near rail track, and to have space to move around. Overall it was marvellous experience, sitting was comfortable, there was new touch in hospitality by train management and train interior was also cool. Train was started sharply at 7:00 AM and reached at Rawalpindi Station on time after almost 4 hours. It was very economical and costs around 7 USD per person.
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