23 Aug-2 Sep 2012: Heavens of Leepa & Neelum Valley, AJK - As Never Seen Before :)

Travel N Tours

Road Trips / Vacations / Hiking / Trekking

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-25 20:46:37 +0500 #2361

Another amazing view of Dowarian near main road

1472 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-25 20:47:56 +0500 #2362

Some more local houses

1473 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-25 20:49:19 +0500 #2363

View of AJK Tourist Lodge just before Dowarian bridge

1474 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-25 20:50:28 +0500 #2364

Dowarian bridge and Neelum river in the background

1475 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-25 20:51:57 +0500 #2365

Road leading to Dowarian bazaar

1476 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-25 20:58:18 +0500 #2366

Some data about Dowarian

1477 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-25 21:18:06 +0500 #2367

Azeem suffered a lot on last day descend as his knee was hurting a lot but he kept on walking and finally made it to Dowarian

1478 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-25 21:22:33 +0500 #2368

If u cannot find the lodge then this board in on main road

1479 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-25 21:30:32 +0500 #2369

Lovely clouds

1480 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-25 21:32:54 +0500 #2370

On our way to Athmuqam ... another cloudy scene

1481 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-25 21:35:10 +0500 #2371

Pakistani checkpost at start of Keran sector while going to Athmuqam

1482 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-25 21:36:54 +0500 #2372

Indian checkpost on the opposite side

1483 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-25 21:41:42 +0500 #2373

District HQ Hospital in Athmuqam

1484 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-26 08:05:01 +0500 #2374

I said goodbye to my team members at Athmuqam and started an all new lone adventure

We gave the cylinder for refill and went to petrol pump to get the jeep tank full. Afterwards, i bought some bakery items and we went back into Neelum Valley.

No pics between Athmuqam and Keran and this first shot was taken once we reached the start of Upper Neelum Village

1485 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-26 08:07:24 +0500 #2375

The light was not perfect for photography as i was late to reach Upper Neelum and sunlight had already gone behind the hill so whole village was in shade.

1486 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-26 08:10:02 +0500 #2376

This is a vertonama of 2 shots from a moving jeep

And the view is of Keran on Indian side.

The upper bend of Neelum river is around Valley Tracker and AJK Tourist Lodges on right side of river.

This is one of the reasons Upper Neelum is famous .... this lovely view of life across the border.

1487 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-26 08:33:42 +0500 #2377

We passed through the whole village to reach Upper Neelum Tourist Huts which are on the far end of the village.

Another advantage of this area is that there are few slopes behind the huts which are higher in altitude and give a very good view of the whole village.

Sun was giving tough time to my Canon

1488 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-26 08:35:42 +0500 #2378

View of Upper Neelum Village from the slopes behind the AJK Huts.

I can only imagine that in daytime or early morning, the view here would be just fabulous !!!

1489 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-26 08:36:59 +0500 #2379

Upper Neelum Village, Keran

1490 by Sabrite, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2012-10-26 08:38:08 +0500 #2380

1491 by Sabrite, on Flickr