SIR a standing Ovation for u guys. Exceptional Narration, References and details. Ur thread has proved to be GOD sent help in disguise for me as i was planning to take this route for Chitral in first week of June 2015. As for the Kalaam/ Swat Festival,I on Yamaha Vmax 1200,along with around 25 Bikers from Islamabad on their GXRs, R1s and CBRs, (CarCraft members) had tried to go there in 2012 on special invitation like u got. (It was the first one, after long time of insurgence in swat had finally ended and Pak Army started this festival to promote the tourism in area). Cutting the story short i and three other bikers returned from Bahrain (rest moved forward and made it to KALAAM, but their bikes..........I dont think i need to tell What happened to them after going through the rough terrain of Madiyan-Kalaam road....lollllz).
Never knew of pakwheels in 2012 (niether till now, as i joined it just yesterday) or i must had shared that adventure with this awsome community of Pakwheels, then again if i had, you might not dared to attempt this adventure......
Once again outstanding adventure and thanx a lot for making time to share with us in such details. Love u