As without knowing that we are lost, we were moving forward in search of the pools, we were thinking that the right turn is ahead and we were moving in search of it, the pictures below are of the area which is actually ahead of the Actual turn that leads you towards the pools.
The image below is the flat area area which is 20 minutes ahead from the actual turn, there was ruin of a small room with a door and few windows, and there was little bit of a flat land surrounded by the man made boundary wall of rocks, it shows some one occupied that place in past.
There was a shepherd sitting at top of this cliff / mountain, who was shouting / probably want to say something to us which was not very clear to us, as he was very far from us, may be he wants to tell us that we are on the wrong way. but after few minutes he kept quiet.
At the place in above picture, and after 1.5 hour of walk we realize that we are on the wrong way because there was no trek and a clear way ahead, we started our trek backwards from where we came, and after few minutes walk we saw a clear trek more than 100 meters below from our position above with no path to that trek below, so we decided to climb down towards that trek, which we were thinking that will lead us towards the pools, so it was decided that i go first and if i found that trek right i will call other members to move downwards, otherwise i will climb back and we will go back again, Although that way was very steep, but i managed to go down easily. After reaching there i thought this trek is right so i called them to trek downwards, all came down but they found it a bit difficult, as you can see in the picture below.
At the new trek we move forward and came across a beautiful small water fall, we took some pictures there and continue moving ahead..
A waterfall from the top of the mountain.
Mr. Farhan is taking some shots of this little tiny crystal clear pond with his cannon 60D.
A crystal Clear pond / pool on the way.
After total travel of 2.15 hours we came across this stream, took some pictures, once again we thought that we are on the wrong way, the actual pool was not that far away, as Asif bhai and some locals at start told us that it is only 30 to 45 minutes of trek away, but we were on this trek from last 2.15 hours
Farhan is giving suggestion to go through this way
in the middle of nowhere ...
when we were moving through dense bushes, we heard someone from above the mountain, after a while two locals appeared from top, they asked us where we are going, after knowing that we were upto the neelwan pools, they said that you left its trek far away, from the top they tried us to guide / explain the right way towards the pools, but we could not understand, when they realized we are not understanding, so they came down instantly just within 3 to 5 minutes (that was very strange because that mountain top was very high, and very difficult to climb up or climb down, if we were on their place we will climb down not less than 20 to 25 minutes), when they came to us they said that they live next to the mountains 1 hour ahead from this place and they are hunters and they hunt pigs with their dogs.
They said that you are our guests and came to our area, you could not find the right way towards the pools, we will guide you and drop you guyz to the pools, they said that you are almost 2 hours ahead of that location, but they said that they will go from the shortest way towards the pools.
they have 2 hunter dogs with them, very well trained to trevel this kind of area in mountains.
Hassan and Khurran were afraid of dogs
Having some rest on the way