DAY 1 was a long journey from islamabad to Astore......
due to unavailability of NATCO we had to get our own coaster booked which made the cost very high but there was no other option.....
khair we were 15 ppl and it took us 21 hrs to reach Astore from islamabad...
the highlight was a cricket match between punjab and kohistan which took place near chilas while we were waiting for a convoy to form....
punjab team consisted of me, ali usman and salman... it it not worth mentioning that we lost heheheheheh...
hamaray saray player parchi par aye huay thay.... the kohistan team also had home crowd and ground advantage....
khair we reached astore at around 10 pm...
another new experience was a great sand storm in the chilas shatial area which i have never seen b4 on KKH....
gusting winds and sand followed us all the way to Thalechi where we left KKH for Astore.....
in astore we were greeted by our host and guide Azad Sb who is School teacher there. he tool us to his home and we had dinner there. we were amazed at his big heart coz he had prepared such a lavish meal for the 15 of us...
after the dinner we finalized our plan and then retired to our hotel for the night....
pics are coming ur way as well of the first day...