Sallam:
Mahool bht gloomy hua hai after todayz earthquake so i decided to start a cheer up thread of my recent family trip Naran.
well it was totally unplanned trip as i was not in any mood to travel in ashura dayz but my family had only this time and most of them havnt been to naran so i planned an emergency trip .... got bookings in PTDC Naran and left at 3 am on Friday 23 oct. V were on two cars and reached naran in chill mode at around 9.30 am..... next my family left for Lake saiful malook and i decided to stay back and chek in the hotel as i had been there so many times b4 (a decision i later regretted after seeing the snow filled pics of the lake).... anyway i was able to compensate with a healthy photographic session of Naran in Autumn colors....
later my family returned an we decided to go for dinner in Naran Bazaar where we enjoyed dinner and borne fire at "punjab tikka house restaurant"
there was a lot of rush in the bazzar and it was one of the coldest experiences of my life.... waznt expecting such climate there..... as i had been on ansoo lake trek in mid to end November also. anyway after spending a cold night at PTDC next day we left for Lulusar lake excursion in our own cars.. it shud be noted that it had started to rain in the night as it was forecast by met dept. we experienced intermittent rain and snowfall on our way till lake but at lake it was snowing quiet heavily and it made that experience very fulfilling... after spending abt and hour around the lake we decided to move back to our hotel in Naran... wanted to visit Lalazar as well but jeeps were not going there coz of heavy snowfall.
when we reached naran i realized that it was going to snow there and v cud get stuck there so i persuaded my family to move out and start our return journey... this proved to be a good decision as we all know that many ppl got stuck there....
v returned home safely at around 10 Pm on Saturday in heavy rain all the way from Naran.
i got a few great shots there which i wud love to share now...
PS total cost per family was aprox 10K and distance traveled was aprox 550 km....