Which car did u use?
Day 3 Continues..
Around 12:00 we reached kutton, we explored surroundings for half an hour, took some pictures and after namaz and short break for tea we left kutton at 02-45 pm. We were coming back to kundal shahi when worst part of the day/trip started. Our car stopped after few mins drive from kutton, after 10 mins struggle it started but after driving 5 mins car stopped again. After that it was total disaster we drive 5 mins and then struggle another 10 mins to start the car again. However we reached athmuqam and asked the driver to get it fixed. After half an hour hour driver came back with the bad news that there is water in the fuel and we have to empty the fuel tank and refill it to continue the journey. After 2 hour driver came again and we continued our journey. But After 20 min drive car stopped again and the same routine started again we drive for 5 mins and struggle to start the car for 10 mins. After 2-3 hours of mind boggling and nerve wracking journey reached Khawaja-siri at 8:30 pm :'(.
After sun set at 6 pm we found the first sign of electricity/light at Khawaja-siri other wise it was pitch dark. As we its already tool late and we dont know where the hell we are we decided to stay at khawaja-siri, later which proved as good decision because if we had continued the journey we could not have crossed the nallah in that pitch dark night.
kutton
Thanks and noted all one more thing please inform me about suitability of family hotels I mean where to stay with my family.
Best regards,
nice tour.... man
In Muzzaafarabd : Umer Hotel, clean economical rooms and good food (Specially the breakfast of Unique Baqerkhani).
In Sharda : valley tracker's Rest house Scenic location + clean room + good food + hot water (Believe me, it feels like blessing, specially in the situation when you are taking bath with freezing cold water from last two days ) .
In taobat : I would not recommend the stay at taobat with family. As there are only two hotels (which i know) and both of them are not in good shape.
Thanks (H)
Day 4
We wake up early in the morning as we were already far behind the schedule. As last night we were really tired (and water was so cold ) we decided that we will take bath in morning. Next morning our first discussion was about who will go first for bath ( Because we don't forgot the last nights experience of freezing cold water in washroom and believe me non-of us had the courage to use that water again for bath ). After a long debate we set up one of our friend to be a scapegoat. Fortunately when he opened the tap instead of water only some soft frozen ice came out of it :S. So we Cancelled the program of taking bath and left khawaja-siri at 06:15 am.
View From our hotel (@khawaja-siri)
On the way to sharda.
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there are many family hotels in Muzaffarabad and Neelum valley. they all are privately owned and are booked in advance. In summer room availability is at chance. Tourplanner.pk will be my recommendation for online hotel booking, they specialize in hotel booking. Tour Planner, Packages, Flight,Pakistan Hotels,Pakistan Tours, Holiday Package Booking - TourPlanner.pk
thanks
Once again thanks a lot Best Regards,Ali Imran
Day 4 continues....
Reached Sharda around 6:45 am. Parked out vehicle and after breakfast we left to visit the old library and explore the surrounding area.
View from the restaurant at which we had breakfast
On the way to the old library....
The Library
My advice for anyone who is planning to visit in kashmir is: dont just sit in hotels get out of your hotels, roam around and explore the area. Locals cannot guide you because they are used to it and they dont consider it something special :).
After visiting the library we had some time so we started exploring the area along with this stream and then we found this place. This place was spectacular. I would recommend everyone to visit this place. I wanted to go further but due to shortage of time we came back to the stop as we have to leave for Taobat.
very nice and beautiful place.
keep rolling