Hi Folks
The original plan (conceived by me & NOC'ed by better half 3 days before) was to visit Fairy Meadows over the weekend. The vehicle used was Honda City Manual (2014). Here is what happened:
- Left Islamabad on Friday July 10th at around 2 pm
- Arrived Naran by 8 pm via Isl - Nathia Gali - Abbotabbad route.
- Overnight stay at PTDC Naran (Cabana Hut which i got without reservation due to Ramzaan)
- Left Naran at 6 am July 11th for Fairy Meadows with the plan to arrive there by 6 pm. What actually happened is as follows with the break-up detail:
a. arrived Lulusar by 7:30 am (not much glaciers left on the way)
b. arrived Babusar top by 8:30 am (a couple of 5 minute dirt tracks but manageable for sedans)
c. arrived Chillas by 10:00 am (3 nasty landslide areas touching the car floor a bit ...
d. arrived Raikot by 12:00 pm (worst part of the travel due to pretty rough road condition due to land slide)
e. was told by the drivers at Raikot that the jeep track towards tattu is blocked due to landslide in the morning ....
had three options: i. Gilgit ii. Astore / Rama iii. Return back to Naran
f. Due to an important conference call on July 13th morning i.e. Monday, decided to come back to Naran
g. arrived back to Babusar by 4 pm (luckily 2 of the nasty landslides had been cleared on Chillas Babusar Pass patch)
h. Stayed for an hour at Babusar enjoying the chilled thin and crispy air .... (walk behind the cheek post for 10 minutes
on the stones and the views, wind and serenity give you a magical combo to enjoy ... with Jagjit's magic of course
i. Arrived back to Naran by 7:30 pm
- Next morning, went up to Saif ul Malook (walked towards the other side of the lake and spent a day of solitude there before walking down to Naran and driving back to Islamabad by 11 pm (again via Nathia Gali).
Though, it was an anti climax, the overall weather and the less crowded situation at the places, thoroughly enjoyed the trip ...... Hope you like the pics ..... cheers