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

Road Trips / Vacations / Hiking / Trekking

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usmanshafqat (usmanshafqat) 2015-10-16 16:22:48 +0500 #61

Mazeed descend
ASC_4457 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

usmanshafqat (usmanshafqat) 2015-10-16 16:26:02 +0500 #62

We had Left babusar at 2:40pm. Reached Chilas at 4pm. went a little towards the city to get signals. made a few call and we were off again.

Place where we stopped for phone calls
ASC_4461 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

ASC_4463 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

usmanshafqat (usmanshafqat) 2015-10-16 16:28:04 +0500 #63

Refuelled from chilas for 1,200 @ 73.8/ltr and continued our journey.
Near Jaglot
6pm.
Last Rays of light on the killer mountain.
DSC_6403 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

Us
ASC_4471 by Usman Shafqat, on Flickr

usmanshafqat (usmanshafqat) 2015-10-16 16:39:39 +0500 #64

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

anwarriaz1 (anwarriaz1) 2015-10-17 02:35:54 +0500 #65

Excellent quality of the all pictures brother, Zabardast, Please post more and more pictures,

mtariqumer (mtariqumer) 2015-10-17 03:06:56 +0500 #66

Woooo...... these are the some of the best pictures which energize and hypnotize me .... Behtreeen....

meeting @xoofi dada would surely be a life time memory as meeting a mountaineer in mountains sounds always great ...

fareed15 (fareed15) 2015-10-17 05:34:23 +0500 #67

what is the road situation from Chillas to Raikot Bridge...

Shahzad727 (Shahzad727) 2015-10-17 05:43:29 +0500 #68

what speed one should maintain while going down from babuser top to ch
illas side?

shazi_00 (shazi_00) 2015-10-17 06:29:45 +0500 #69

excellent coverage of the trip ...motivating other members to do

mrkhan_9 (Muhammad Rizwan Khan) 2015-10-17 11:05:48 +0500 #70

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hamza_xeg (Hamza Sherazi) 2015-10-17 11:41:29 +0500 #71

That is literally my kind of trip. Wishing to make that happen soon. Btw those are excellent shots you people took.

usmanshafqat (usmanshafqat) 2015-10-17 15:48:55 +0500 #72

thankyou janab
InshAllah will post as much as possible

usmanshafqat (usmanshafqat) 2015-10-17 15:50:20 +0500 #73

indeed. jb say lahore say niklay thay meray zehan mei yehi tha k jaa k xoofi say milna hai, called him as soon as we entered naran

usmanshafqat (usmanshafqat) 2015-10-17 15:52:01 +0500 #74

Chilas to gonar farm was ok. that part has been made recently, so is in better condition. gonar farm to raikot is in a pathetic condition as it always has been.

usmanshafqat (usmanshafqat) 2015-10-17 15:58:28 +0500 #75

Shehzad bhai, you are not in control of the speed while going down towards chilas, no need to put your foot on the accelerator. Just keep the car in low gears, and let it slide down. at times our RPM was touching 5000 in the second gear, but just make sure you use less brakes.
Na na kartay bhi hamari brake discs heat up ho gayi thein, if we hadn't used engine breaking then heated discs could have been a big problem and risky too,

usmanshafqat (usmanshafqat) 2015-10-17 16:00:14 +0500 #76

thankyou bro

usmanshafqat (usmanshafqat) 2015-10-17 16:00:41 +0500 #77

shukriya khan shb

usmanshafqat (usmanshafqat) 2015-10-17 16:01:28 +0500 #78

thankyou hamza
better do it sooner then later

hamza_xeg (Hamza Sherazi) 2015-10-17 16:05:33 +0500 #79

Thanks.
Lets hope for the best.

aks_e_ahmed (aks_e_ahmed) 2015-10-17 17:29:18 +0500 #80

Cheeta hy bhai