sallam:
well with the grace of Allah Almighty i have started my traveling year with a day trip to AJK. the aim was to cover Bhrund fort in Shensa and Throchi fort in kotli area.....
i started early from islamabad and picked up my old friend and travel guru Arsalan Mirza with his friend Ali. welll then we marched on to kahuta and then on Kotli road.... took a wrong turn but realized well in time heheheheh. so we reached sehnsa and although i had no info on the location of the Bhrund fort it wasnt a problem coz the forth was visible form the main road.....
then we followed a small but metalled road to the base of the fort and then only a few minutes walk lead us to the fort....
well this fort is just like Ain Pan fort i visited last year..... and of the same era as well mayb they are part of a chain.... we spend some time at the fort and enjoyed the views around us as it is pearched on a hilltop.... the weather was hazy and so pics were not that good.....
anywayz then we moved ahead to kotli after having halwa puri ofcoarse.....
then it was tharoci fort turn..... it was a steep and dangerous climb to the tharoci village from main road.... the road is narrow and steep can be dangerous.......
well throchi village is a flat area on a hilltop and the fort is just a few minutes climb as well..... the fort itself is larger than ainpan and bhrund forts.. its with the army but they let one in easily after cheking ID cards.... the views are amazing form the top as its a considerable height.... the place is quiet and windy....... peacful hai bht.... its worth the travel....... the fort is abt 120 kms from islamabd according to google and my odo read the same as well...........
well then we returned via gulpur and dhan gali -kallar sayedan road which is a great double road now by the way.... the single road was very dangerous............
the pics will do the talking now thankx..........