AOA
This year I am planning a trip to swat with family. I have been to swat before but that was in 2005. Well this time around I am not going to cover the entire valley as I have limited time and with family it will be too hectic. My planned itenary is as follows.
June 12: leave from lahore at 5am and reach mingora at around 5 or 6pm. Night stay there.
June 13: Visit to malamjaba and stay there for 2-3 hours and return back. If time permits will move to bahrain or stay again at mingora
June 14: Leave for bahrain if staying in mingora or if in bahrain already than explore the areas around bahrain and have a rest day
June 15: Leave from bahrain for return journey and from bahrain move to khwazakhela and attempt to return via KKH side i.e Mansehra. Night stay in abbotabad.
June 16: Return journey from abbotabad to lahore.
As you can see it is a 5 day trip how appropriate my itenary is considering I will be traveling with my family and in our own car.
Now the questions. How are the roads that I will be going to encounter including the return journey from KKH. Will my honda city be available to make. I have been to naran and rawalakot before on the same car.
How is the situation of checking on check posts and do they object on any unusual cameras. I would be using my dash cam for the trip so want to inquire that will they allow it or will they object on it. If it is the usual checkpost that let the cars pass if they are with family than there is no problem.
Names of good hotels in my place of night stay i.e mingora and bahrain. I would prefer hotel that has rooms on ground floor.
Is it safe to use mardan ring road and mingora bypass and are these roads in perfect order both law and order and condition wise.
How is the road condition of shangla pass is it crossabl by cars.