5 Friends, a Car and a thousand Selfies: Story of An Epic Road Trip

[kn_khipk]

Excellent thread (y)

Ditto

[aafaqi]

Impressive yaar , all the pictures are stunning beautiful

[usmanshafqat]

can u pls share the room rents of hotels where u stayed?

sure shehzad bhai
1. PTDC Hunza: Deluxe Room with 2 extra mattresses for 3500.
2. Eagles Nest: 2 Standard rooms with one extra mattress and 5 complimentary breakfasts for 6000 (3000 per room).
3. Glacier Breeze Restaurant Passu: Pitched our own camps at their campsite, they charged 300 per camp. They don't have any rooms. Just a restaurant and a campsite.
4. Some ordinary sasta sa hotel in Karimabad infront of hotel hunza darbar. 1 5 beds wala room for 1500. Don't remember the hotel's name.
5. Naltar Continental Hotel, Naltar Bala: I don't remember the exact rate I guess it was 2800 for 2 rooms. (Not Sure). But it was a very good hotel, and had nice clean rooms.
6. PTDC Rama: 1 Room with 3 extra mattresses for 4000.

[usmanshafqat]

Excellent thread (y)

Thankyou for appreciating Hanif bhai, it's an honor to have your comment here.

[usmanshafqat]

Khushbu to lahore wale laga dain gai....

hahahaha
Suhaib bhai Aap kafi interested lag rahay hain tariq bhai ko khushbu mei laganay mei

Yar @usmanshafqat Akheer hi insaf kiya hai clicks ke sath tou... i'm more deeply in love with Hunza

Grt Work Yar

gone through the thread in one go.. maza aa gaya

thankyou suhaib bhai
i hope aap agli pictures bhi itni he enjoy karain ge

[usmanshafqat]

Hahahhaa .....AXCUSE ME , AAAP BHI ...... i m laughing on these two comments, your reply and then reply to ur reply .....

Ab ki baari Lahore aana hoa to khusbu le ker aaonga phir saath laga bhi lenge ..hahahhaahaha.......... .

hahahaha

Hahahhaha Arey changaa kitta ustaad ji.... koi gal nahi ..

waise yeh Lahore mai KPK walay shouq kab se agae hahahhaha ...just kidding , koi is ko parh ke has para to khud zimeydaar hoga

Jb say khotay khanay start kiye hain lahorio nay tb say

[usmanshafqat]

so, during dinner we had a pleasant chat with the owner, ahmed ali khan also famous as 'khon' who told us that they have a campsite as well. and thus we decided to put the camps and sleeping bags in our car to good use and camp here for the night. they charged 300 per camp as charges for the campsite.
the campsite was at the backside of the restaurant facing passu glacier. cold breeze coming from the glacier, and the sound of a gushing water stream accompanied by a clear moonless night. It was just perfect.
Jb sb kuch itna perfect ho tou meine socha bohat perfection achi nahi hoti, so i failed to take a perfect shot of the scene. was struggling to get the focus right, and i was in no mood to give it alot of tries, so out of focus picture pay he guzara karain
ASC_5921 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

ASC_5922 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

[usmanshafqat]

looking down the stairs.
ASC_5933 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

[usmanshafqat]

friends, mountains, glacial stream, a nice place to sit, stars, the milky way, late night gup shup.
Just Perfect.
ASC_5945 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

[usmanshafqat]

we had a good nights sleep.
i was the first one to wake up in the morning at 5:30 i guess, followed by fahad.
It's always pleasant to watch the sun shining its rays on the mountains in the morning.
ASC_5962 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

[usmanshafqat]

An apple tree at the campsite
ASC_5966 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

[usmanshafqat]

The mighty passu cones
ASC_5970 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

[usmanshafqat]

Team Glacier Breeze with Team Selfie
ASC_5983 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

The three brothers who own and manage glacier breeze. very nice and humble people managing an equally nice place.
Team Glacier Breeze by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

[usmanshafqat]

whenever we took our own pictures, we put the camera on the tripod and set it on timer, we would normally set the camera to take 3 or 5 pictures on timer mode after every 3 seconds.
so har dafa pehli picture normal hoti thi aur agli har picture mei sb bhaag bhaag k pose badal rahay hotay thay. trip k start mei tou sb pose badaltay rahay, lekin iss stage tk aa k hamara ziada focus iss cheez pay hota tha k dusray ki picture kharab karain
For Example, both these pictures are only three seconds apart
ASC_5986 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

Pose busters
ASC_5988 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

[usmanshafqat]

with the famous 'khon'
Khon by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

[usmanshafqat]

phir say
Fun Times by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

Buhahaha by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

[imranhameed1]

From here onwards, we went non-stop to PTDC Motel Hunza, and got a deluxe room with 2 extra mattresses 3500.
The room was clean and comfortable. we were tired and lied down straight away.
When we went to the restaurant for dinner, it was closed. upon asking the waiter, we were told that we'll get something from aliabad.
roti ki talaash mei hum aliabad ko nikal paray, raat k 9:30 bj chukay thay aur aliabad mei sannata goonj raha tha. ghoom ghoom k puray aliabad say 6 rotio ka intazaam hua, sath mei 2 sheer maal bhi liye, aur Allah ka shukar ada kiya
Roti shoti kha k wapis aye aur lammay pay gaye

Baltit Fort from PTDC

Good posting , Pictures and Tour - Stay blessed

[usmanshafqat]

Glacier Breeze from the roadside
116 stairs by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

The road
KKH you beauty by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

[usmanshafqat]

Good posting , Pictures and Tour - Stay blessed

thankyou sir

[usmanshafqat]

We had left passu at 11:15am and had limited time as we had to reach attabad before 1pm. the tunnel was open between 11:30 am to 1pm. so we skipped the plan to visit borith lake and instead went for the famous hussaini bridge.
Reached here at 11:47am.
Adventure by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr
Hussaini Bridge by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr