By the Grace of Almighty Allah, we have completed our planned trip successfully. We were three families incl. of seven elder & 5 kids. Ages 01,03,06,08,12,15,28,32,38,44,63,72 years.
Initial plan was as under:
Day 01:Islamabad to Rama
Day 02: Rama Lake
Day 03: Tarishing & Chillam
Day 04: Deosai ~ Skardu
Day 05: Shigar fort & Sad para
Day 06: Khaploo & Hushe
Day 07: Manthoka fall & back to Skardu
Day 08: Sokh valley, upper kachura, shangrilla
Day 09: Back to Islamabad
Now the details are as under:
Day 01 & DaY 02:
Our journey was started on 31st July, 2014 at 06:00 a.m. Hired a high roof @ 35000/- from Islamabad to Bunji. We have faced some problems during this travel which prolongs our travelling time to approx. 28 ours. We travelled through Kaghan road but before Kewai, road closed due to land slide, due to which we have to come back on KKH. When we reached Patan,then police stopped that the road is closed from 04:00 pm to 05:00 am due to security reasons. After all, we reached Chillas at 04:00 am on next day i.e., 01.08.14.There, we take break fast and our hired jeep for whole trip reached there & we started our journey towards Rama & reached there at 10:30 am. Stayed at PTDC Rama @ 3500/- per day. However, PTDC Rama has exclusively raised their food charges extra ordinary. After some rest & taking lunch, we started track towards Rama Lake. The weather was very fine & enjoyed a lot. The pictures of Rama are attached as:
Day 03:(02.08.2014) Rama ~ Tarishing ~ Chilam
At 09:30 am, we atarted our journey from Rama to Tarashing and reached there at 12:30 pm. Its excellent grassy valley & you can see Nanga Perbat closely from here. It is called Rupal face of Nanga perbat, however, the paek was still under clouds. The locals from there informed that normally it may be seen at the time of sun rise & sun set. The hotels there are just below normal. We stayed there approx. three hours & taken tea with some pakoras & french fries which were good cooked. Then we start our journey towards Chilam. The whole route specially near chilam was excellent. We can just imagine it. We reached Chilam at 06:30 pm and stayed at PWD rest house. Rent paid @2500/- for two rooms. One thing is to remind that if you want to stay Chilam then you should purchase some chicken & bread from Astore as there is not so much fascility at Chilam. The hotels conditions are very poor, however, PWD rest house was best option there. The pictures of Tarishing & route towards Chilam is attached herewith.
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