In my teenage life, I always used to watch all the travel guide TV shows which aired on PTV & PTV World and by watching them I always felt so proud that I live in such a beautiful country and I always wished and dreamed that one day I will travel to Northern Areas of Pakistan.
But, I didn’t have permission from home and neither have enough money to spend on travelling. So I waited for the day that whenever I started to earn, the first thing I wanna do is to travel to up north no matter what.
Finally in Oct 2009, my wish came true. Me with three of my colleagues and friends M. Omair, FurSid and Azfar planned a trip to visit Skardu and Hunza. I always have thought that I would go to Murree or Abbottabad or somewhere near to these places like Naran Kaghan or Saiful Muluk which I have always watched on all the travel guide TV programs. But I must say that I was travelling for the first time to up north Pakistan and I found Skardu, Deosai & Hunza the most beautiful places that I have seen or watched on those TV shows or on magazines.
So four guys from Karachi, pumped up, excited, feeling adventurous, wanted to take a break from work and spend a vacation with no computer or internet around; traveled all the way from Karachi to Islamabad and then Skardu by plane and from here start the Day 1
(Experience the trip with pictures & videos from each day below)
Day 1 (Saturday, Oct 17, 09)
- Upper Kachura Lake
- Lower Kachura (Shangrilla) Lake
Pictures from Day 1
Video from Day 1
Day 2 (Sunday, Oct 18, 09)
- Shigar Fort / Valley
- Satpara Lake
- Budha Rock
- Kharpocho Fort
Pictures from Day 2
Video from Day 2
Day 3 (Monday, Oct 19, 09)
- Khaplu Fort / Mosque
- Machlu Village / Mosque
- Skardu White Sand Desert
Pictures from Day 3
Video from Day 3
Day 4 (Tuesday, Oct 20, 09)
- Satpara Village
- Deosai National Park
- Shatung
- Bara Pani
- Kala Pani
- Sheosar Lake
- Chillum Choki
- Astore
Pictures from Day 4
Video from Day 4
Day 5 (Wednesday, Oct 21, 09)
- Astore
- Raikot
- Jhing
- Ferry Meadows
- Nanga Parbat
Pictures from Day 5
Video from Day 5
Day 6 (Thursday, Oct 22, 09)
- Ferry Meadows
- Raikot
- Juglot
- Gilgit
- Rahimabad
- Hunza
Pictures from Day 6
Video from Day 6
Day 7 (Friday, Oct 23, 09)
- Hunza (Karimabad)
- Baltit Fort
- Ultar
- Hunza Bazaar
- Rakaposhi Peak
- School / Hostel / Girls 😛
Pictures from Day 7
Video from Day 7
I shot all these videos from my Nokia E51 mobile handset as I couldn’t arrange or buy a good camera at that time. So sorry for the shaky and bad quality footage.
Finally, I would like to thank M. Omair & FurSid for deciding & finalizing the road map of our trip. Tariq Sulemani, for all the generous help & support through out the trip. Sulaiman Alriyami from Oman, for making me realize that our country is the most beautiful country in nature wise comparing to other countries. Azfar, without him the fun we had on the trip wouldn’t be same.
“Khatam” 🙂
Photo Courtesy: M. Omair
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