20-26 Aug 2013: Night of Hunza, Rush Lake Trek & Return by Batogah Top to Kaghan

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View of Toshe Ri from Batogah Top which is neighbour of Nangar Parbat massif on boundary of Astore and Kashmir

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View of Toshe Ri from Batogah Top which is neighbour of Nangar Parbat massif on boundary of Astore and Kashmir

Wah ji wah....Maza aa gaya

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View of first village from the top

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Must be an awesome sight when covered with snow

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Going down to the lush green valley connecting Batogah to Gittidas

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A look back towards Batogah Top

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Just crossed the second village with Batogah Top in the background

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Beautiful valley ahead

I can easily imagine how awesome would be the scene with partial snow on tops ... early June is the time to come here

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Lights and shades of green

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Third village on our way

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Crossing a small bridge just before Gittidas

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View of Sat Sar Mala with Gittidas in foreground

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Gittidas bridge ... seen it a lot from other side and this was good feeling to change the approach

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Construction festival

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From Gittidas till Jalkhad, there were camps after every few minutes of drive ... Lulusar Lake in the distance

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A bit of wait and rush situation at Lulusar Lake

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Construction city

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And entered the domain of greens after Jalkhad

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