August is almost off from work for me, not much work load so a good time to go away from the hot weather and enjoy some good time. The plan was to visit this place called Naran, a beautiful valley almost on the edge of the Northwest Frontier Province. Geologically, the area falls under the Karakoram-Himalaya crystalline thrust zone. Two years back the area was hit by a disastrous earthquake in the country’s history, the origin of the earthquake was somewhere near this area and it was so severe that shocks were felt even as far as 700km away.
I have been to this place three rimes before but first time since the earthquake. As you enter the worst hit area, the roads there are still under construction, however the traffic keeps moving alongside. The pics you see here I took with my brother’s cell-phone camera, I know I should have had a good one for this trip but I am saving money to invest in one digital camera I might be able to buy soon.
Starting with the pics…This first pic is half way through the journey from home. The monstrous mountain range starts right as you leave the Balakot area. The 40km part of this road from Balakot to Naran is under construction and at a few points it is quite a task for a car. This is a bit better part of it:
The current look of this mountain is on account of the land sliding since the earthquake:
We had left home at 5a.m. and had our breakfast and lunch on our way to Naran. This pic was taken on the hotel where we took our lunch: