Lets close Day 1 with our ride of the tour 
We reached Jalkhad a few minutes after Maghrib.
There we met a jeep driver who had just returned from an unsuccessful attempt to reach Sharda from Nuri Top side. He went with tourists group and they crossed Nuri Top and descended to Surgan but there were quite a few fresh landslides which were blocking the way and they had to return back to Jalkhad.
So, now decision was easy ... We had to return back to Balakot and then onwards to Leepa Valley as its route was confirmed open.
I checked the night sky quite a few times but it was all cloud cover and no chances of star gazing so finally i gave up and went to sleep after dinner at Jalkhad Hotel.
